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