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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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¨.~==¤&### 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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,,¨,¨¨¨¨,= something going on ahead. those around =,¨¨¨¨,¨,,
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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. -^¨,.¨¨,,.
,.,¨.¨,.¨. .¨.,¨.¨,.,
,,¨,...,¨, 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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,¨.,¨.¨^«^ the sky. ^«^¨.¨,.¨,
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