They were afraid
to admit there is beauty
and quality in this world,
because somewhere
each morning,
someone wakes up
and they're suffering terrible!

I'm going to sit here until I feel my soul.

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[I felt, at this point, that my brain was easing apart and two distinct but simultaneous consciousnesses were developing]

But at the end of dinner
the candelabra excused itself into the night.

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