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  • noun A separate or alternative world.

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From hetero- + (micro)cosm.

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  • The power of wishing is awesome

    For dreaming can solve ills or cause 'em

    Select your wish well

    You may have to dwell

    Within your own heterocosm.

    September 11, 2017