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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 ,¨&,¤@,¨..
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,.,..¨¤¨¨& take me seriously and i fear they ...¨.,#¨&¤
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@¤.¨,.¨¨#. 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. ,§¨,#¨&¤..
.#,.¨£.,.. ¨.§.¨,#&#.
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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. ¨.£¨..¨..¤
&,,,&£&..& ¨,,§,¨,¨¨¨
.¤,¨§¨¤@.. for it seems like there's a new moon in .¨,,#.¨,,.
¨.&¨,¨¤§&. the sky. ¨¨.,,@,...
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