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,~~;$££@## only  at night. long ago,  someone  here ##@££$;~~,
,,,.,~~%££ must've  angered the  sun, and today  it ££%~~,.,,,
¨..¨,»%§£¤ still burns us strangely. but  with  the ¤£§%»,¨..¨
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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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