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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 .¨,.¨¨¨.¨.
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,¨,,..¨¨,¨ carries with it smells from far away, ¨,¨¨..,,¨,
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.,.,.¨.¨-« sharp contrast for the stale black of «-¨.¨.,.,.
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,,.~\=*#¶@ before you learn the trade enough to @¶#*=\~.,,
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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 *:-^,...¨,
..,,,^~:%@ know what year it is. every page is a @%:~^,,,..
.¨,,,=*%*# 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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,.,:»;$£#¶ reordered, some names i have never ¶#£$;»:,.,
,¨¨,^~:*$@ heard. sometimes the dates are @$*:~^,¨¨,
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,¨,¨,¨,:~† those pages are exactly what i scramble †~:,¨,¨,¨,
¨.,,¨,..~~ 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 ,¨..,¨¨,¨,
¨..,¨¨.,,¨ care less right now. ¨,,.¨¨,..¨
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.,.,¨,.¨¨, for it seems like there's a new moon in ,¨¨.,¨,.,.
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