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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, ,.¨¨¨,.:»/
†=«..,¨¨., colourful sparks for the imagination, a ,.¨¨,..«=†
§†/«-¨.,.¨ 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 .¨-«;^&&@#
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#%*=~,¨¨¨. take other people. but i do lead them .¨¨¨,~=*%#
¤$^-~.¨¨,, safely forward, every night. ,,¨¨.~-^$¤
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»,.¨¨,,¨,¨ something going on ahead. those around ¨,¨,,¨¨.,»
~.¨,.¨,¨.. 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 .,.¨¨¨¨¨,-
,,,¨¨¨,.¨. 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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