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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 §%:\,,..,,
.~-\*$#¶## before  you  learn  the trade  enough to ##¶#$*\-~.
,.^-=^†*$§ take other  people. but i  do lead  them §$*†^=-^.,
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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 ¤%=^...¨.¨
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