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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 $†\~~¨.,,,
,¨.,,,:«:% take other people. but i do lead them %:«:,,,.¨,
...,,¨¨,=; safely forward, every night. ;=,¨¨,,...
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.,¨¨,-=**£ book of stars, is a combined map, £**=-,¨¨,.
¨¨¨¨¨~=*%@ calendar and timepiece as long as you @%*=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨.¨,,,,»;% know what year it is. every page is a %;»,,,,¨.¨
¨,.¨.¨.:~: grid of nine starfields, hand drawn, :~:.¨.¨.,¨
,..,¨,.,:« below which are written coordinates in «:,.,¨,..,
.¨,¨¨,..¨: both space and time. a lot of it is :¨..,¨¨,¨.
...,¨.,... applicable on earth, but not all. it ...,.¨,...
,..¨..,.¨¨ hints of other places - some stars ¨¨.,..¨..,
¨..¨....¨, reordered, some names i have never ,¨....¨..¨
,¨¨¨.,,.,. heard. sometimes the dates are .,.,,.¨¨¨,
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.¨.¨,¨~-†* those pages are exactly what i scramble *†-~¨,¨.¨.
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,.,,,~†^@¤ i sling open the book of stars a bit ¤@^†~,,,.,
,,.,=:†$§£ 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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