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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 #@#@£^;=..
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,^»^$£¤### colourful sparks  for the imagination, a ###¤£$^»^,
,^«==£§### sharp contrast  for  the stale black  of ###§£==«^,
.:~†$%£¤§# the night.                               #§¤£%$†~:.
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,:~;=*#### 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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,...~~**§¶ however,  currently  there  seems to  be ¶§**~~...,
..=;%$£@## something going on ahead.  those  around ##@£$%;=..
.,=^*$#@## the  corner  have   stopped,   shouting, ##@#$*^=,.
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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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