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{{% verse %}}People of Orphalese,
beauty is life when life unveils her holy face.
But you are life and you are the veil.
Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
But you are eternity and you are the mirror.
— Kahlil Gibran{{% /verse %}}
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## Dramatis Personae
### The Ode clade
Your Humble Narrator
: Dear The Wheat And Rye Under The Stars
The Woman
: To Pray For The End Of Endings
Her Friend
: I Must Show No Hesitation When Speaking My Name
Her Therapist
: Where I May Ever Dream
Her Cocladist
: Should We Rejoice In The End Of Endings
The Oneirotect
: Which Offers Heat And Warmth In Fire
The Poet
: Where It Watches the Slow Hours Progress
The Musician
: Beholden To The Heat Of The Lamps
The Child
: And We Are The Motes In The Stage-Lights
The Narrator's Friend
: Time Is A Finger Pointing At Itself
The Blue Fairy
: I Remember The Rattle Of Dry Grass
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### Others
Her Lover
: Farai
The Dog
: Scout Among Weird Skunks With Good Kettlecorn
His Elder
: Tomash
The Rabbit-Chaser
: \_\_\_\_\_ (called “Scout Chasing Rabbits”)
And, of course, you, my dear, *dear* reader.
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