Once you see the stars
a certain formation
and then you name them
can you ever unlearn them?
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someone else's stories
impressed upon innocent eyes
are not their stories
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I want to know how children connect these dots,
how they interpret the lights
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because what if we are wrong?
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let's suppose we are wrong
we are wrong
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let's start there
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we are wrong
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we need a new mythology
we need new stories
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Let’s start there
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let’s let the children
tell them
let them see the future
with their young eyes and ancient hearts
let’s let them create new constellations
and myths
with no bias
no sullied past
let’s let them
construct tomorrow
days and nights, we cannot see
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because we cannot unchain ourselves
from the past
we need the children to set us free
