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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, .,,¨¨.¨¨¨¨
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-.¨¨,,,.., sharp contrast for the stale black of ,..,,,¨¨.-
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§%/=^¨¨.¨¨ take me seriously and i fear they ¨¨.¨¨^=/%§
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¨,¨¨¨.,,.¨ my greatest treasure, the ¨.,,.¨¨¨,¨
.,¨¨¨...., 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 ..,¨,.-~:†
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§^:«^....¨ 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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