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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 $*=~,,,.¨,
,,¨..¨~~/= snicker a bit. you usually get old =/~~¨..¨,,
¨,.¨,..~«/ before you learn the trade enough to /«~..,¨.,¨
.¨,¨,.,,,» take other people. but i do lead them »,,,.,¨,¨.
¨¨,,¨,,¨,, safely forward, every night. ,,¨,,¨,,¨¨
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,¨,¨.¨,.,, something going on ahead. those around ,,.,¨.¨,¨,
,.,,..¨¨,, the corner have stopped, shouting, ,,¨¨..,,.,
¨¨¨¨,¨.¨,. pointing. .,¨.¨,¨¨¨¨
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.,¨¨.»\^$@ 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. @@£&=^»:.¨
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