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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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#¨¨££,¨£.§ 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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¤@§&,.,¨&¨ 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 &¨¨@..,£@£
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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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£,,.@.,.@. for it seems like there's a new moon in §.¤£&&§¤#.
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