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And the unhappy body burst into tears. AND THE UNHAPPY BODY BURST INTO TEARS
ely he was, for preventing this man from registering his vote (the duty of every citizen); but perhaps it matters less, as it was a foregone conclusion, because the losing candidate, either through poverty or sheer madness, had neglected to subscribe to a single football club. THE UNHAPPY BODY "Why do you not dance with us and rejoice with us?" they said to a certain body. And then that body made the confession of its trouble. It said: "I am united with a fierce and violent soul, that is altogether tyrannous and will not let me rest, and he drags me away from the dances of my kin to make me toil at his detestable work; and he will not let me do the little things, that would give pleasure to the folk I love, but only cares to please posterity when he has done with me and left me to the worms; and all the while he makes absurd demands of affection from those that are near to me, and is too proud even to notice any less than he demands, so that those that should be kind to me all hate me.  THE UNHAPPY BODY CHAPTER SIXTEEN OF A DREAMER'S TALES BY LORD DUNSANI THIS LEPER BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN WHY DO YOU NOT DANCE WITH US AND REJOICE WITH US THEY SAID TO A CERTAIN BODY AND THEN THAT BODY MADE THE CONFESSION OF ITS TROUBLE IT SAID I AM UNITED WITH A FIERCE AND VIOLENT SOUL THAT IS ALTOGETHER TYRANOUS AND WILL NOT LET ME REST AND HE DRAGS ME AWAY FROM THE DANCES OF MY KIN TO MAKE ME TOIL AT HIS DETESTABLE WORK AND HE WILL NOT LET ME DO THE LITTLE THINGS THAT WOULD GIVE PLEASURE TO THE FOLK I LOVE BUT ONLY CARES TO PLEASE POSTERITY WHEN HE HAS DONE WITH ME AND LEFT ME TO THE WORMS AND ALL THE WHILE HE MAKES ABSURD DEMANDS OF AFFECTION FROM THOSE THAT ARE NEAR TO ME AND IS TOO PROUD EVEN TO NOTICE ANY LESS THAN HE DEMANDS SO THAT THOSE THAT SHOULD BE KIND TO ME ALL HATE ME
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