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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 #£*^~-,,¨¨
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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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¨:~**$#@#@ my greatest treasure, the                @#@#$**~:¨
¨.»\§%¤£@# 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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