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,,«^%@&### only  at night. long  ago, someone  here ###&@%^«,,
,,¨..,»*£# must've angered the sun,  and  today  it #£*»,..¨,,
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.:«/;†*$@# sunset the air comes raining  back  down #@$*†;/«:.
.,«;*£¤¶## and  gets  thick  enough to breathe.  it ##¶¤£*;«,.
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..,,«^$&§@ take   me  seriously  and  i  fear  they @§&$^«,,..
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¨.~*$££@## take  other people. but  i do lead  them ##@££$*~.¨
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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 @&¤¤&^;-,.
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¨~~;%&&@## 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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