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[lightelation]

"As she started medical school, Janet got the tattoo. She chose the blue star of a Philip Levine poem, in which the star appears on a man's chest, tiny and perfect. The man is a workingman who makes "the glare for light bulbs" -- desirous of normalcy, he wants none of it. But after the surgeon cuts it off, he announces to his patient that

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[shesanightowl]

*stealing*

[lightelation]

Haha, I'm glad you liked it. I was so moved by the epilogue. I also felt like I had "earned it" after getting to know Yoshino, his academic motivations, and personal history.