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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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¨¨¨#¤¤,.@, 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 ¤#§,,.&&¤.
......¨&¤& safely forward, every night. &.¤¤¨¨&¨§§
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£,#&,¨,¨.¨ 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. ¤£.,£.£#,¨
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...,.,..,¨ for it seems like there's a new moon in ,§§@,¨@¨£&
&¨.,¨..,.. the sky. .&.&¤..,@£
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