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Eduardo Galeano's story of a man falling in love with a star. 3 beats.

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To catch the potato thief
I slept, but I kept one eye open
I caught her, but I came to grief
and she said, Please don't let this happen

Her buddies ran, brilliant fled
up the sky went winding
I held her hand, got the nipple red
although her breast was blinding

We shouted high and I burnt my lips
a fiery joy was groaning
we scraped the sky when we ground our hips
and got a star-child from our grinding

I forgot the potatoes
but don't make me live on earth
I'll give 'em back, sweetie
for our son who died at birth

Lumina
a son is dead
for light years
now you're seeing red

My lover she did mother me
but for her buddy stars kept pining
when I covered her, I must have smothered her
and kept her light from shining

When she so tame and darker grew
up the sky went scorching
my condor came, and we after flew
for centuries the searching

But then we dove into that lake of time
and swam out new as yearlings
my condor knew the sparkle sign
and there we found my darling

But I forgot those potatoes
you're more than they're ever worth
I can get my own potatoes
'cause I know the road to Earth

Lumina
you had to choose
for light-years
now you got those blues

One day she left for good and I fell to Earth
and all the way I cried
in came no food, out came no word
so star-struck that I died

They might have told us from the start
it's against some cosmic mandate
'cause he grows old, and she gets dark:
the heavens will not stand it

Now to find the way she travels far
she tries, but she always fails
and you can say she's a shooting star
you can see her crazy trail

To get those potatoes
a never-ending search
can't get 'em, baby
'cause they rubbed out the road to Earth

Lumina
warm us a while
for light years
and dark miles

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from REACH IN THIS DREAM: Lots of Debts to Poets, released April 28, 2015

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As E Dickinson says:

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so impotent our wisdom is
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