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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 ^,¨..,,¨.¨
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..,...¨.~^ colourful sparks for the imagination, a ^~.¨...,..
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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 #@£¤;-^,..
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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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,.,..,,¨.~ 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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