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the leftover shrapnel of dead stars, currently masquerading as your left elbow.

means Fine cosmic dust scattered through space, orfigurativelya romantic, magical, dreamy quality sprinkled over something.

from A transparent compound of "star" + "dust," both from Old English (steorra and dūst). The astronomical sense came first, naming the faint dust of comets and interstellar space; the dreamy, romantic sense—"stars in your eyes," a glittering enchantmentgrew alongside it in the 19th and 20th centuries, helped along by songs and lovers who liked the sound of it.

in your bodyMost of your atoms forged inside ancient stars.
heavy originsGold and silver born in colliding neutron stars.
daily falloutTons of cosmic dust hit Earth every day.
made of deathHeavy elements require a star to explode first.
oldest stuffSome grains predate the Sun by billions of years.
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