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1)
Speakest thou in the affirmative, speak I in the negative,
"Cease", you interject; "continue" thrice say I
Alas.
"God be with you" next you utter; I give triple greetings,
I lack understanding of your farewell when I wish thee good day.

2)
My travails continue 24/7, in order that I may reimburse my creditors,
Tragic, is it not?

However, when it comes to fiscal reward for my endeavours, for me there is none,
Such hard luck!

In reverie, I plot,
Were I to find myself a man of ample fortune,
I could cease my toil, I would frolic gaily and engage in frivolous pastimes.

3)
Bleat twice, ebony ovine
Are you in possession of yarn?
Affirmative, master, affirmative, master,
Thrice have I filled the sacks.

4)
Initially terror struck me,
Then paralysing fear,
Pontificating that I would die
If you were no longer near,

However many eves I pondered
Your mistreatments of me too,
It made me toughen up and gain
The strength to muddle through...

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1. Consider, if you will, the proposition that there is no marvelous afterlife. When attempted, the matter is a trivial one. Consider that there is also no terrible afterlife for sinners waiting beneath our feet and that nothing lies above our heads but the wide blue yonder. Consider the global population existing only in this single twenty four hour period.

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2. Save for my Cercopithecoidea and myself, the entire population keeps secrets.

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3. I am subject to strange internal sensations. I am unlike those people who find it simple to conceal themselves. I am somewhat impoverished, but, were that not the case, I would purchase a dwelling sufficiently large that we both might inhabit it.

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4. I am unable to account for these internal sensations.I am unable to clarify the nature of them. I am unable to determine the reason for the dramatic temperature variations. Yes, in the very core of my being. I am unable to account for it.