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¨¨¨,.¨,.~~ only at night. long ago, someone here ~~.,¨.,¨¨¨
,.¨,.¨,,,- must've angered the sun, and today it -,,,¨.,¨.,
.,...,.¨,, still burns us strangely. but with the ,,¨.,...,.
.¨....¨... sunset the air comes raining back down ...¨....¨.
,¨...,¨... and gets thick enough to breathe. it ...¨,...¨,
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.¨¨,.,¨..¨ sharp contrast for the stale black of ¨..¨,.,¨¨.
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..,,¨.¨¨,, take me seriously and i fear they ,,¨¨.¨,,..
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..,¨.,,.~† before you learn the trade enough to †~.,,.¨,..
¨.¨.¨¨--\§ take other people. but i do lead them §\--¨¨.¨.¨
...¨..~\%£ safely forward, every night. £%\~..¨...
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.,..¨.¨.¨, calendar and timepiece as long as you ,¨.¨.¨..,.
,,,¨,.,.,, know what year it is. every page is a ,,.,.,¨,,,
¨¨,.,¨¨.,, grid of nine starfields, hand drawn, ,,.¨¨,.,¨¨
¨,.,,....¨ below which are written coordinates in ¨....,,.,¨
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¨.,...¨¨,« applicable on earth, but not all. it «,¨¨...,.¨
...,.,.~«; hints of other places - some stars ;«~.,.,...
,,¨¨¨¨,»/% reordered, some names i have never %/»,¨¨¨¨,,
.¨¨.¨-=;†$ heard. sometimes the dates are $†;=-¨.¨¨.
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,¨.,,,.~;$ care less right now. $;~.,,,.¨,
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