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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 $†^»,¨¨.¨.
,¨,,:»\*§@ sharp contrast for the stale black of @§*\»:,,¨,
,..:-†§§@# the night. #@§§†-:..,
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¨¨,^«^*&## snicker a bit. you usually get old ##&*^«^,¨¨
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..,.¨:»\$$ 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 §/»~¨.¨,..
,.¨¨...~»= 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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