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Dr. Seuss quotes are from "Happy Birthday To You!", 1959, when I was celebrating seven sacred birthdays.

So, she autistically and powerfully said, One me plus one you makes two And we two minus one me leaves you one Which feels like not quite enough for ego sufficiency But one whole lot more than zero deficiency Because Dr. Seuss sings of zero BirthDay rings and EndDaze spirited non-things "If we didn't have birthdays, you wouldn't be you. If you'd never been born, well then what would you do?... Why you might be a WASN'T! A Wasn't has no fun at all. No, [s]he doesn't. A Wasn't just isn't. [S]he just isn't present. But you...You ARE YOU! And, now isn't that pleasant!... If you'd never been born, then you might be an ISN'T! An Isn't has no fun at all. No [s]he disn't. [S]he never has birthdays, and that isn't pleasant. You have to be born, or you don't get a present." And sacred co-prescience One me plus one you makes two, and now aren't we pleasant co-present?

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