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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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¨,..¨¨,=*% something going on ahead. those around %*=,¨¨..,¨
.,¨,¨..--= 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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