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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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£¨#,@#¨,¤. take me seriously and i fear they ¨@.¤¨&£¨#.
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&,&¨#§.¨£¨ before you learn the trade enough to ,£¨¤.¤§¨&.
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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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#.¤.¨§.£¤. 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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