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The Pattern  

As soon as

I speak, I

speaks. It

wants to

be free but

impassive lies

in the direction

of its

words. Let

x equal x, x

also

equals x. I

speak to

hear myself

speak? I

had not thought

that some-

thing had such

undone. It

was an idea

of mine.

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