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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 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 ¨¨§@,,¨§@¨
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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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¨,¤&#¨&,§¨ the sky. ¨#&,¨,#&@#
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