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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, ¨¤¨¨,..¨£.
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§¨,#.¨,.., sharp contrast for the stale black of ¨.,#,,.,.,
,§¨.§.,,,. the night. §,.¨&,.¨,.
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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. ¨,&¨§@¨,,¨
.@,.¨¨.,¨. 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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