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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, =,...¨¨¨,,
¨¨,.,,¨.-\ 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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,,,,-=^£## 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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¨¨¨,,¨:»\% the sky. %\»:¨,,¨¨¨
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