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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 ##¤$\-.¨¨.
¨.,«/§¤¶@# and  gets  thick enough  to breathe.  it #@¶¤§/«,.¨
,~-^§£@### carries with  it smells  from far  away, ###@£§^-~,
¨.^~^%@#@# colourful sparks  for the imagination, a #@#@%^~^.¨
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¨.^~:*@¶@# the night.                               #@¶@*:~^.¨
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,.,»†%££## the others  think i'm young,  they don't ##££%†»,.,
¨.,,-†%&¶@ take  me  seriously   and  i  fear  they @¶&%†-,,.¨
¨¨.«=*£### snicker  a  bit.  you  usually  get  old ###£*=«.¨¨
,,~^=£#@## before you learn  the  trade  enough  to ##@#£=^~,,
.¨~«†^§### take  other people. but i do  lead  them ###§^†«~¨.
,.,.==$@¶@ safely     forward,     every     night. @¶@$==.,.,
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.,.~**@@@# something going on  ahead. those  around #@@@**~.,.
¨,,.~/*§## the   corner  have  stopped,   shouting, ##§*/~.,,¨
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,,:-/$§#@# book of stars,  is   a   combined   map, #@#§$/-:,,
¨:~\*§#### calendar and timepiece  as  long  as you ####§*\~:¨
¨.^-;†¤£@# know what year  it  is. every page is  a #@£¤†;-^.¨
,¨¨,«*%&£# grid  of  nine starfields,  hand  drawn, #£&%*«,¨¨,
¨.:~*%§@## below which are  written coordinates  in ##@§%*~:.¨
,~~^%£#### both  space  and time.  a  lot  of it is ####£%^~~,
¨¨,~†*#£## applicable on  earth, but  not  all.  it ##£#*†~,¨¨
,¨,.=:*£#@ hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars @#£*:=.,¨,
¨,,=\†§¶## reordered,   some  names  i  have  never ##¶§†\=,,¨
.,-;*§¶@## heard.   sometimes    the    dates   are ##@¶§*;-,.
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,..«:%#¶@# those  pages are exactly what i scramble #@¶#%:«..,
.:-=†@@### for right now.  i've stopped  breathing. ###@@†=-:.
,¨,»;§££## i sling  open the  book of  stars a  bit ##££§;»,¨,
,.,.~*%££# too  quick, spilling all my notes on the #££%*~.,.,
,¨,»^†&£@# ground. one lands  on  my foot,  it is a #@£&†^»,¨,
¨,«\$£#@## drawing of  a  muscle cow,  but  i could ##@#£$\«,¨
.,:~==#¶## care less right now.                     ##¶#==~:,.
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,,:«:%£¶@# for it seems like there's  a new moon in #@¶£%:«:,,
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