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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 ¨.¨¨..,»^†
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#@#§§**-,. take me seriously and i fear they .,-**§§#@#
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§†=-:...,. 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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