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.~~:*£#£@# must've angered the  sun,  and today  it #@£#£*:~~.
,.-\^§§$#¶ still  burns  us strangely. but with the ¶#$§§^\-.,
¨.=;§$&£@£ sunset the  air comes  raining back down £@£&$§;=.¨
,..¨¨~-$&& and  gets thick  enough to  breathe.  it &&$-~¨¨..,
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..=;*$@### colourful sparks for  the imagination, a ###@$*;=..
,,»\†$¤#@# sharp  contrast for  the  stale black of #@#¤$†\»,,
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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 ¤§†*~¨¨,..
,,~.//§=£& 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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