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&.¤.£,#¨£¨ must've angered the sun, and today it ¨§¨¨§¨#¨£,
¤,@,£¨§.#¨ still burns us strangely. but with the &#¨#@,¤,¤¨
£,£¨¤,#,§. sunset the air comes raining back down ,&..&¨@,§.
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£,§¨£.#¨¤, carries with it smells from far away, ,§..§.#.&.
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#¨#,#.¤¨@, sharp contrast for the stale black of ¨#¨¨#¨@.@¨
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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 ,#,,¤¨£.§.
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&,£.§.£,#, 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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