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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, ##@£%=^=^¨
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¨,¨~~;=%#£ 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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..¨...,..¨ something going on ahead. those around ¨..,...¨..
¨,,..¨..,, the corner have stopped, shouting, ,,..¨..,,¨
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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. ¨..¨¨,,,,¨
,,,¨¨.,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,.¨¨,,,
,.,.,¨.¨¨¨ 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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