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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. *\~~¨,¨.¨,
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.,..,¨,.:~ 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. ¨¨¨¨,,,,.¨
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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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¨,,,=^%¤¤@ 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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