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wishing accomplishes nothing

It’s no use wishing on the moon - beware that nearly untouchable beauty. She has a dark side and will desert you when when the fickle twirling earth spins night into morning. It’s no good wishing on the stars: those illusions are a million years gone. Stars die like us. They own no magic and will fade as the morning blossoms upon the night. Ancients wished on the treasonous sun, that fabricator of warmth - not compassion. Although it brings the new day, it can do little else

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Date: 8/16/2020 1:53:00 PM
Love this. The rhythm and the meaning grabbed me!
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Anais Vionet
Date: 8/16/2020 4:12:00 PM
Thank you =]
Date: 8/15/2020 1:24:00 PM
Sun spots can deafen you - Interesting that you deserted the Man in the Moon, for "she", yet recognised the dark side .....More to come? Aloha! Rico
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Date: 8/16/2020 12:58:00 PM
I love that - "Sun spots can deafen you" =]

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