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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, ¶¤@§^=/«,¨
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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 #@¤†§^=~~.
¨.-/%§@### 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 #@&†~~,-..
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,~~^**§##¶ 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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