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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 .¤&¤@@¨¨££
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¤§¨.#¤¨.&& grid of nine starfields, hand drawn, £.¨&,¨@@,,
,..¨¨...,. 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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@&#&&£#@¤# impossible. @&§@##§¤§§
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@@@§&@£&¤@ for right now. i've stopped breathing. £#¤§§§@£#&
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#¤£§#&&£@¤ 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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@&§¤§£¤#§§ the sky. £¤#§#¤&@&@
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