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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 £,.¨,,¨..¤
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.£#§..£¨£@ take other people. but i do lead them .§#.¨,¨,,.
¨&¨&&¨..§& 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 @..¨¨£...¨
¨,.@#¤.,,, impossible. ,@.¨¨,&.,.
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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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.,§,¨,¨#.. the sky. ¨£¤¨.,¨¤.¨
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