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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 ###£¤^/~~¨
.,~;$%&@## and  gets thick  enough to  breathe.  it ##@&%$;~,.
.~=:*%§@## carries  with  it smells from  far away, ##@§%*:=~.
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,..¨,.«*£# sharp contrast for  the  stale  black of #£*«.,¨..,
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.:»/†$§£## the  others  think i'm young, they don't ##£§$†/»:.
.~~^=£&¶@# 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 &&¤£&^;»:.
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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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.^~\%%¶### 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.                     @¤@*~¨,¨.¨
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.^~†%¤#### for it seems like there's a  new moon in ####¤%†~^.
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