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.^~†§@£### only at night. long ago, someone here ###£@§†~^.
.¨--^†%#@# must've angered the sun, and today it #@#%†^--¨.
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¨,..:=;§§§ sunset the air comes raining back down §§§;=:..,¨
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,¨.¨..:-†% carries with it smells from far away, %†-:..¨.¨,
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.¨.,.¨,¨., the night. ,.¨,¨.,.¨.
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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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¨...:~=^*# 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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