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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 ###§%*~~,,
.^«†%@£### sunset the  air comes raining back  down ###£@%†«^.
.¨:-/%§¶## and gets  thick  enough to  breathe.  it ##¶§%/-:¨.
¨~«*$¤@### carries with  it  smells from  far away, ###@¤$*«~¨
,¨,~*†@### 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 ###@*††~,,
.¨,»=§$### take other  people. but i do  lead  them ###$§=»,¨.
,^«;%§¶### safely     forward,     every     night. ###¶§%;«^,
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¨,:~\%%@## something  going on ahead. those  around ##@%%\~:,¨
¨:~;§@¶### the  corner  have   stopped,   shouting, ###¶@§;~:¨
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,:-/=@@@## 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 ###¤^*-,.,
,^=;%$#### grid  of  nine  starfields, hand  drawn, ####$%;=^,
.,^»/%*#@# 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 ##@£†;-.,.
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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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