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..¤,#¨@¨¤¨ must've angered the sun, and today it ¤¨§¤.&.&.£
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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 §¨@§.#.£.&
¨¤¤.@¨&¨§, applicable on earth, but not all. it &¨¨&.&¨#¨&
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.¤¤.£¨&¨&. reordered, some names i have never ¤.,&¨#,&,£
..&,¤.§.¤. heard. sometimes the dates are §¨£§.#,#¨#
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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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,#§,&,#.@. for it seems like there's a new moon in @.¨£¨¤.£¨£
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