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,:~=*@¤£@# must've angered the sun,  and  today  it #@£¤@*=~:,
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,.-~†§£&## 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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.¨^~=^§£@# reordered,  some   names  i  have  never #@£§^=~^¨.
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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 #@£@§**»:.
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