Childhood Stars
From my childhood
I remember the stars
Glimmering in the sky
No streetlights from the city
Competed with their brightness
Glimmering in the sky
Are they still there? I asked
myself
I had to see them again
Glimmering in the sky
One dark night at my cottage,
there they were
Thousands and thousands of stars from my childhood
Glimmering in the sky
2/13/89
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