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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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&,¤£,¨..@@ the others think i'm young, they don't @£#..§¨.,¨
..£@¤,,,#¨ 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, ,,,¨.,,.#,
£¤@¨¨#,,¨. pointing. ..,¨¨,¨...
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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. ¨,¨.&¤§,,@
#,,#¨¨¨¨¨& ¨.,,§¨£§¨.
.@,,&.¨,,¨ for it seems like there's a new moon in £¨,,¨,&£&¨
¨¨£..&,,.¨ the sky. #§...,£.#£
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