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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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,...¨.,¨¨¨ 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 ..¨...~»†§
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#@#*§*«~.¨ 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 ¨¨¨..,-==%
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