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You ask if I know any constellations

I could point to the sky

And connect any seven stars

And name one for you

But we will never know

How much of what we see is

Just an afterimage

Light from frozen suns

Dead for eons

That has taken all this time

Just to cross

Our expanding universe

So I tell you no

I don’t know any constellations

And you don’t say anything

And the moment is over

We’re standing together but

Not touching

Ever-slowing

Moving apart

Growing cold