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Here it is,
    the stairway to the stars.

Will you climb it?

There’s risk
    in climbing a staircase
    so narrow
    so steep
    stretching out of sight.

What if you should fall,
    landing in a field
    full of lavender flowers?

Will you cry?
No, you play
    while children
    stare down at you
    with widened eyes.

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