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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. #.¤.¤#,@§,
£¨@,£.@¨&, @.£,¨&¨,§,
£,¤.#,¤.§, 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. @¨#¨,§,.£,
&.¤,§.@,¤. £¨@¨&#.#§,
@,#.£.#.§. however, currently there seems to be &.§¨.£.,@¨
¤.¤,#,@¨@, something going on ahead. those around ¤¨§.#¤.§§,
@¨¤¨@,¤,§. the corner have stopped, shouting, §¨§..¤.¨#¨
&¨§¨#,#¨£. pointing. @,¤¨£@,£§,
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@,#,@¨@.¤, my greatest treasure, the @¨&¨.§.,£,
&.¤¨@,¤¨&¨ 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. §.£,¤@.&@,
§,£,@,#¨¤, £.£,¨@¨,&¨
@.¤,§¨§¨&. 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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@¨¤,&,§¨§, for it seems like there's a new moon in &¨@¨&£,§£.
¤.@¨¤¨&,@. the sky. ¤.#¨¨#,¨§¨
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