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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 ¨#,#&,¨¨@£
££,¨§.¨.&§ 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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,.,#&¤,.§. 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. ,,,¤&¤.¨.,
.,¨,..,¨.. ¨..§¨#¤.¨¨
..¨¨.¨,.¨¨ 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. @,,§.#£.,¨
,¤¨¤¤,,.¨, &¤¨,,@¤§,,
.¨,@#£,,¨. for it seems like there's a new moon in #@§..£,#§.
¨..§.§¤.¨¨ the sky. £.§@.¨.§##
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