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  Listen,
  if stars are lit,
  it means there is someone who needs it.
  It means that someone wants them to be,
  that someone deems those speckles of spit
                        magnificent.

  And overwrought,
  in the swirls of afternoon dust,
  he bursts in on God,
  afraid he might be already late.

  In tears,
  he kisses God's sinewy hand
  and begs him to guarantee
  that there will definitely a star.

  He swears
  he won't be able to stand
                        the starless ordeal.

  Later,
  he wanders around, worried,
  but outwardly calm.
  And to someone else, he says:

  "Now,
  it's all right.
  You are no longer afraid,
  are you?"

  Listen,
  if stars are lit,
  it means there is someone who needs it.
  It means it is essential
  that every evening
  at least one star should ascend
  over the crest of the building.