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