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One indigo summer's night,
I flung my arms high above my head
and reached into the firmament
to gather bits of starlight.
Ever so carefully, I placed them in
my basket of dreams for safe-keeping,
~ to be wished upon whenever the skies
grow cloudy and gray.
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