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,:«;=%@@## only at night.  long ago,  someone  here ##@@%=;«:,
¨-«\*@&### must've  angered the  sun, and  today it ###&@*\«-¨
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¨,...^§$¤& sunset  the air comes raining  back down &¤$§^...,¨
.-,:-.†%§@ 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 #@@&£%\-.¨
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,:»***§£## 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 §§£%&*\-,.
¨~=:%&@$¤# know  what year  it is.  every page is a #¤$@&%:=~¨
.~~:$¤#£## grid  of nine  starfields,  hand  drawn, ##£#¤$:~~.
,~=*$££¤&& below which  are written  coordinates in &&¤££$*=~,
.,~-^=$££& both space  and  time.  a  lot of  it is &££$=^-~,.
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,.~†=@£@## 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 ##£§%§\-:¨
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