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,:~††§¤@## SUNSET THE AIR COMES  RAINING BACK  DOWN ##@¤§††~:,
,¨,~^%$### AND GETS  THICK  ENOUGH TO  BREATHE.  IT ###$%^~,¨,
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.,~»:*$¤@# COLOURFUL SPARKS FOR  THE IMAGINATION, A #@¤$*:»~,.
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¨¨:»*$$§@# SNICKER  A  BIT.  YOU  USUALLY  GET  OLD #@§$$*»:¨¨
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.¨,=;†£§## TAKE OTHER  PEOPLE. BUT  I  DO LEAD THEM ##§£†;=,¨.
.:-†§£¤### SAFELY     FORWARD,     EVERY     NIGHT. ###¤£§†-:.
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.,~^^$&### MY GREATEST TREASURE, THE                ###&$^^~,.
,¨,«\†&@@# BOOK OF STARS,   IS   A  COMBINED   MAP, #@@&†\«,¨,
¨~~\^%§### CALENDAR AND  TIMEPIECE AS  LONG  AS YOU ###§%^\~~¨
¨.,«*%*### KNOW WHAT YEAR IT  IS. EVERY PAGE  IS  A ###*%*«,.¨
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.,-«\§&&## BELOW WHICH ARE  WRITTEN  COORDINATES IN ##&&§\«-,.
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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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