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Your name is Astrid.
You are twelve years old.
You are watching the green-eyed boy next door arranging stones in circles in his yard.
Your name is Astrid.
You are fifteen years old.
You are watching the green-eyed boy next door wrap flames around his hands.
Your name is Astrid.
You are seventeen years old.
You are watching the green-eyed boy next door crack as his parents burn.
Your name is Astrid.
You are twenty years old.
You are watching the green-eyed boy stare at you without recognition.
Your name is Astrid.
You are twenty-two years old.
You are watching the green-eyed boy next door arrange stones in circles in the sanatorium yard.
Your name is Astrid.
You are twenty-five years old.
You are watching the green-eyed boy next door scratching at a handleless door, unaware of your presence.
Your name is Astrid.
You are twenty-seven years old.
You are watching the green-eyed boy next door wrap flowers around his hands.
Your name is Astrid.
You are thirty years old.
You are watching the green-eyed boy next door's empty room at the sanatorium he has left.
Your name is Astrid.
You are thirty-two years old.
You are watching the green-eyed boy next door stare back at you from the picture you keep in a small box.
Your name is Astrid.
You are thirty-five years old.
You are watching the green-eyed boy next door dancing with someone who is not you.