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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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$=-.,,..¨¨ safely forward, every night. ¨¨..,,.-=$
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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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#¤¤§/«,¨,¨ 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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