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,¨,£.,.¨£. still burns us strangely. but with the @,¨#...¨¨,
.¨¨,#,..¨. sunset the air comes raining back down ¨#¨.#.¨¨¨¨
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¨¨....£.,. carries with it smells from far away, £.¨£.,£¨¨,
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,§,.#...,¨ before you learn the trade enough to #,.#,,.¨¤¨
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@¨.@,,¤,,. safely forward, every night. ¨¤£,¨§¨..¨
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..@.¤@¨,,@ know what year it is. every page is a £§,,..¨@,.
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¤¨¨,¨¨&¤@¨ both space and time. a lot of it is ,¨&#¤.¨,,¨
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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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