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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 ,§#£,,§,&£
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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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.¨,£§£.¨@, 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 #¨..,.@££,
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§#£,,&¨§¤¨ for right now. i've stopped breathing. @,¨.#.,.,,
£.#@.¨¨@¤# i sling open the book of stars a bit &#¨,,£¨¨¨.
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¨.£¨&@,¨.§ 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 ,¨¨.&¨&¤¨,
,,#¨¨,.¨£§ the sky. .,..¨,@#£.
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