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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 #¤&§/«-¨.¨
.,^=/$*§¶# and gets thick enough to breathe. it #¶§*$/=^,.
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¨,¨-»:%££# 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 #@¤§§/«~,.
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,.,~†§§@## 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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,..~;*%#£# for it seems like there's a new moon in #£#%*;~..,
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