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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 §#,.&§&#..
£@&£##£&&# carries with it smells from far away, ,.,¨¨£&,.@
@&£¤¤§&&&, colourful sparks for the imagination, a ¤&¤§,¨.¨.,
.¤#¤§#£@¨¨ sharp contrast for the stale black of &&§¨.££§£,
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&¤§..¨§¤¨. take me seriously and i fear they §,.#&¨.,,@
#£,¨&,...& snicker a bit. you usually get old .¨...,§&¨,
¨¨.¨,,¤§., before you learn the trade enough to £@@££.,..¨
@§@£&¨¨.¨§ take other people. but i do lead them #£&£¨¨#££§
#&&#.¨@¤¨¨ safely forward, every night. ¤§@,¨..§¤&
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@...,@¤¨.¨ something going on ahead. those around ¨¨@£@@¤@,,
.¨¤¤,.¨¨£¤ the corner have stopped, shouting, ,,,&@¤¤¨,¨
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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 &.,.,@¤¤£@
¨¤@@#,,&§¨ applicable on earth, but not all. it ¨,@£..¤§¤.
,¨&#,,¨,¨¨ hints of other places - some stars #.,,,¨.&¨,
&..,¨§@@£& reordered, some names i have never ,,£##§,¨¨§
..£§.,##£¤ heard. sometimes the dates are ¨.¨#¤..¤¨,
£,..¨..&#. impossible. @&,,.¨,,.¤
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§.,@@..@£, those pages are exactly what i scramble @@¨¨¤&¤¨¨#
.¨,.¨,.¨., 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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