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Distance pointed.
\nOn its head
\nit wore a mountain.
\nAnd its hair looked like clouds.
\nDistance beckoned.
\nI wanted to run right over
\nand hug it.
\nBut the closer I got,
\nthe more it pulled away.
\nIts hand, a large tree
\nwaved goodbye.
\nLong distance relationships
\nrequire adjusted parameters.
\nThat night I swore
\nI heard a star cry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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