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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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..»*^%§¶## the others think  i'm young,  they don't ##¶§%^*»..
,¨~^~=*#@# 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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.,~=&¤@### 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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