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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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,.:=^*%##@ snicker a bit. you usually get old @##%*^=:.,
¨^«\†@£### before you learn the trade enough to ###£@†\«^¨
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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 #&@†==-¨..
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,¨¨¨,.,=:$ those pages are exactly what i scramble $:=,.,¨¨¨,
.¨¨,,..^~/ 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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