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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 ,....,.,,.
.,..¨.¨,,¨ the night. ¨,,¨.¨..,.
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..¨¨,.¨.¨¨ take me seriously and i fear they ¨¨.¨.,¨¨..
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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 ¨,..¨.,~~\
*:~...¨¨,¨ applicable on earth, but not all. it ¨,¨¨...~:*
*=:»~.¨¨.. hints of other places - some stars ..¨¨.~»:=*
#£%:-~..., reordered, some names i have never ,...~-:%£#
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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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