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