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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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§^=-¨¨,,,, 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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#@&*=»,¨,, 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. .¨,¨.,^=/%
§=^-^,.¨¨. .¨¨.,^-^=§
&&§†»-¨.,, 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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