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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, ¨.~~\*@@##
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###@^^-~,, sharp contrast for the stale black of ,,~-^^@###
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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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#@¤&%†«.¨¨ 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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