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A New Language

The new language It was late August, on a glaringly hot day, when I felt dizzy went to sit on a gigantic carob tree full of beans on thick leaves to sit in its cooling shade; it was pitch dark inside, and I could see nothing at all until my eyes got adjusted. the sheep, seven of them, had sought relief from the sun’s cruelty My dog refused to enter; she had been head-butted by a ram the sheep looked alarmed; another human to order them around but when I sat down among them, they took me for another ram they continued to chew, looking absent-minded; with white wool The sheep had white fleece in sharp contrast to the carob beans that was like the gnarled fingers of a dark person (black is out) Nothing is the same anymore; some men say they are women and blithely disregard biological facts as unimportant. There are no longer any Jews in Israel, now called Israelites it is as if they are trying to kill the ghost of yesterday by living a lie. In Denmark, a children’s book was withdrawn showing a black doll a new book issued, a merger of many faces, quite unreal, like the faces were drawn by I.A and certified by a committee.

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Date: 3/13/2023 6:30:00 AM
It is indeed sad. Certainly not the world we grew up in. People are simply too thin skinned. Everything you say they take as an insult or a slight. It is my belief that is only going to get worse. I enjoyed reading you this morning, Jan.
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