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###$*;»,¨¨ must've angered the  sun,  and  today it ¨¨,»;*$###
####$**«-, still  burns us strangely.  but with the ,-«**$####
##££%/-~,. 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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#@£$%*»~.. take  me  seriously  and  i   fear  they ..~»*%$£@#
##@@$$*~,. snicker  a  bit.  you  usually  get  old .,~*$$@@##
##@¤†:«,,¨ before  you  learn  the trade enough  to ¨,,«:†¤@##
#@$%:~~..¨ take  other people. but  i do lead  them ¨..~~:%$@#
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#£%:=,,¨.. 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 ,.,.:»^^£¶
@#$%:«,... reordered,   some  names  i  have  never ...,«:%$#@
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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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