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,¤£,,@¨.&, must've angered the sun, and today it ¨£@¤,¨,¨.#
,#&£.¨@,.. still burns us strangely. but with the ,§.@£¨¨..¨
,§,@£,.#.. sunset the air comes raining back down .¨.&££..,,
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,&#§,¨..,§ take me seriously and i fear they .¤,.,§¨.¨¨
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,,¨¨¨#§§¨. safely forward, every night. §..,¨§.¨.@
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£@,,,&@&¨. book of stars, is a combined map, ,¨¨&£#,.#¨
&##¨,§.&#. calendar and timepiece as long as you ¨.¨£,&¤,¨,
¤.#@,¨¨§§£ know what year it is. every page is a ..,¨.#@#,¨
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¨.£.##¨.,§ below which are written coordinates in ¨¨¨...¨&#§
¤,,.&##,,£ both space and time. a lot of it is ..,,.,.£¨£
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,#.££,.¨££ heard. sometimes the dates are ,,§.¨¨,.,¨
,,.&&¤,.£. impossible. &,¨¤.¨¨¨¨.
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¨,,.¨¤,§#¨ for right now. i've stopped breathing. £.£&,¨@¨¨.
,¨,,¨.¨§@¤ i sling open the book of stars a bit .¨&§¤,.#¨,
.¨¨,¨,.£.@ too quick, spilling all my notes on the .¨@.@¤.,@¨
,.¨¨.....@ ground. one lands on my foot, it is a §.¨,£#§..§
#...,,¨.¨§ drawing of a muscle cow, but i could .£.,@,¤§¨,
.§.,,,,.¨¨ care less right now. ..@¨¨,@§¤,
,¨£¨¨,¨..¨ £¨¨£.,#,&&
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