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No use in saying what won’t be understood. After all, how many times must the experiment be run? How many times must the confirmation of vacancy distrust misunderstanding and rejection be faced before the soul learns to stop speaking, as a prisoner in a foreign land sits silently within a cell between walls built of ears and eyes who see and hear all and use all against him? How long before the soul is reduced to giving only a knowing nod and a saddened smile?
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May 17, 2020
May 17, 2020 at 12:55 PM UTC
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No use in saying what won’t be understood. After all, how many times must the experiment be run? How many times must the confirmation of vacancy distrust misunderstanding and rejection be faced before the soul learns to stop speaking, as a prisoner in a foreign land sits silently within a cell between walls built of ears and eyes who see and hear all and use all against him? How long before the soul is reduced to giving only a knowing nod and a saddened smile?
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May 17, 2020
May 17, 2020 at 12:55 PM UTC
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