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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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..¨.¨..,.. sharp contrast for the stale black of ..,..¨.¨..
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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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¨¨,..,^«*§ for right now. i've stopped breathing. §*«^,..,¨¨
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..,...¨,~» 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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