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