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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 ~:¨,¨.¨,..
,.,.,,¨,¨, sharp contrast for the stale black of ,¨,¨,,.,.,
.¨.,.....¨ the night. ¨.....,.¨.
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¨,,,..,.,. the others think i'm young, they don't .,.,..,,,¨
.¨¨,,¨.¨¨, 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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.¨..,,,,-; however, currently there seems to be ;-,,,,..¨.
,.¨¨¨¨~-\† 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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¨,.,-»**§§ 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 £§¤*=»-¨¨,
,,,.,~^$&# care less right now. #&$^~,.,,,
,..¨¨~»=§¤ ¤§=»~¨¨..,
,.,.¨,,~:* for it seems like there's a new moon in *:~,,¨.,.,
.¨.¨..¨:~/ the sky. /~:¨..¨.¨.
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