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We were born with a curse. It has always driven us to thoughts which are forbidden. It has always given us wishes which men may not wish. WE WERE BORN WITH A CURSE IT HAS ALWAYS DRIVEN US TO THOUGHTS WHICH ARE FORBIDDEN IT HAS ALWAYS GIVEN US WISHES WHICH MEN MAY NOT WISH
 as blood. We stole the candle from the larder of the Home of the Street Sweepers. We shall be sentenced to ten years in the Palace of Corrective Detention if it be discovered. But this matters not. It matters only that the light is precious and we should not waste it to write when we need it for that work which is our crime. Nothing matters save the work, our secret, our evil, our precious work. Still, we must also write, for—may the Council have mercy upon us!—we wish to speak for once to no ears but our own. Our name is Equality 7-2521, as it is written on the iron bracelet which all men wear on their left wrists with their names upon it. We are twenty-one years old. We are six feet tall, and this is a burden, for there are not many men who are six feet tall. Ever have the Teachers and the Leaders pointed to us and frowned and said: “There is evil in your bones, Equality 7-2521, for your body has grown beyond the bodies of your brothers.” But we cannot change our bones nor our body.  AS BLOOD WE STOLE THE CANDLE FROM THE LARDER OF THE HOME OF THE STREET SWEEPERS WE SHALL BE SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN THE PALACE OF CORRECTIVE DETENTION IF IT BE DISCOVERED BUT THIS MATTERS NOT IT MATTERS ONLY THAT THE LIGHT IS PRECIOUS AND WE SHOULD NOT WASTE IT TO WRITE WHEN WE NEED IT FOR THAT WORK WHICH IS OUR CRIME NOTHING MATTERS SAVE THE WORK OUR SECRET OUR EVIL OUR PRECIOUS WORK STILL WE MUST ALSO WRITE FOR MAY THE COUNCIL HAVE MERCY UPON US WE WISH TO SPEAK FOR ONCE TO NO EARS BUT OUR OWN OUR NAME IS EQUALITY SEVEN TWO FIVE TWO ONE AS IT IS WRITTEN ON THE IRON BRACELET WHICH ALL MEN WEAR ON THEIR LEFT WRIST WITH THEIR NAMES UPON IT WE ARE TWENTY ONE YEARS OLD WE ARE SIX FEET TALL AND THIS IS A BURDEN FOR THERE ARE NOT MANY MEN WHO ARE SIX FEET TALL EVER HAVE THE TEACHERS AND LEADERS POINTED TO US AND FROWNED AND SAID THERE IS EVIL IN YOUR BONES EQUALITY SEVEN TWO FIVE TO ONE FOR YOUR BODY HAS GROWN BEYOND THE BODIES OF YOUR BROTHERS BUT WE CANNOT CHANGE OUR BONES NOR OUR BODY
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