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,,¨¨¨¨,¨-« 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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.,~:§*@### the night. ###@*§:~,.
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.¨¨.,,~†§§ 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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,¨¨¨.¨,,,¨ however, currently there seems to be ¨,,,¨.¨¨¨,
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,,,,..¨.,, 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, $\=.,¨¨,,¨
¨¨.,¨.,,«/ below which are written coordinates in /«,,.¨,.¨¨
,¨.,,¨,.~- both space and time. a lot of it is -~.,¨,,.¨,
¨¨¨,.¨.,,, applicable on earth, but not all. it ,,,.¨.,¨¨¨
¨..¨¨..¨.¨ hints of other places - some stars ¨.¨..¨¨..¨
¨.,.,¨¨,,¨ reordered, some names i have never ¨,,¨¨,.,.¨
,.,¨¨.¨,,. heard. sometimes the dates are .,,¨.¨¨,.,
¨¨¨,,¨.,.¨ impossible. ¨.,.¨,,¨¨¨
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,,.¨,.¨¨.- those pages are exactly what i scramble -.¨¨.,¨.,,
¨¨¨¨¨.¨,^~ for right now. i've stopped breathing. ~^,¨.¨¨¨¨¨
,,..¨,.~»= i sling open the book of stars a bit =»~.,¨..,,
¨.....:=*% too quick, spilling all my notes on the %*=:.....¨
,¨..,,=^=£ ground. one lands on my foot, it is a £=^=,,..¨,
,..¨.=†§%£ drawing of a muscle cow, but i could £%§†=.¨..,
,¨,.=\$%¶# care less right now. #¶%$\=.,¨,
.,-=^*%¶## ##¶%*^=-,.
.-«;^%¶@## for it seems like there's a new moon in ##@¶%^;«-.
.,~=:†££## the sky. ##££†:=~,.
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