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,,,¨§¨,¨.¤ 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 #.£§,.,¤#£
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&.§@¨¨.@¤# take other people. but i do lead them .§@@,¨,.,.
,¨###..#¨¤ safely forward, every night. ¨¤.#¤.,,,¨
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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 &¨¨&,¨,&@¤
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,@#..¨£§¤. those pages are exactly what i scramble £¨.@¨.£¨,#
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,¤.&#.,,@¤ i sling open the book of stars a bit ,¨£¨¨¤¨.#.
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§,,@¨#@¨¨¨ 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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