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.,~=;%§£@@ only at night.  long  ago, someone  here @@£§%;=~,.
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¨¨,==*&@¶# still  burns  us strangely. but with the #¶@&*==,¨¨
¨.¨~«;†§£@ sunset the air comes  raining  back down @£§†;«~¨.¨
,¨.¨^»^^£¤ and  gets  thick enough  to  breathe. it ¤£^^»^¨.¨,
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,¨:»*=¤§¶@ colourful sparks  for the imagination, a @¶§¤=*»:¨,
,,~=*$¤@## sharp  contrast  for the  stale black of ##@¤$*=~,,
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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 @££%*^«.,¨
,..,-;§£&@ safely     forward,     every     night. @&£§;-,..,
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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 ##@¤£†*»,¨
.¨,»;%*#@# care less right now.                     #@#*%;»,¨.
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¨¨,.^-††%# for it seems like there's a new  moon in #%††-^.,¨¨
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