custom field – editing CSS – need help

Hello.
so, what i got is:

in theme css

.post-meta {list-style-type: none; color: #4F3636;}
.post-meta-key {list-style-type: none; display: none;}

in theme’s index.php

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
		<div class="entry-header">
			<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Перейти до: <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
		</div>
			<?php the_meta(); ?>
		<div class="entry-content">
			<?php the_time('d M Y'); ?></br>
			<?php the_tags('Теги: ',', '); ?>
			<?php the_content(__('Читати дал?'));?>
		</div>

and we can see the result on page with publication

<div class="content">
			<div class="entry-header">
			<a href="https://x-files.net.ua/?p=1" rel="bookmark" title="Перейти до: Pilot">Pilot</a>
		</div>
			<ul class='post-meta'>
<li><span class='post-meta-key'>Справа:</span> #1x79</li>
</ul>
		<div class="entry-content">
			10 Вер 1993</br>

the page is – https://x-files.net.ua/?p=1

so, problem is:
a) empty line between the_title and the_meta, and between the_meta and the_time
b) the_meta starts alot to right. all others starts earlier in the left.

Could you please advise hot to write in CSS to make it normal?

Thanx a lot.