daughter
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Everyone saidshe’d sleep eventually. As if babiescarry clocksinstead of curiosity. But here you are,wide-eyed at midnight,telling storiesin a languageonly the moon seems to understand. Your sister surrenderedto dreams hours ago. The dogs have stopped wandering. Even the househas learnedto whisper. But not you. You grinlike we’ve discovereda secret hidden inside the dark. You hand me…