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poets yeggs and thirsties
since we are spanked and put to sleep by dolls letus not be continually astonished shouldtheir actions and speechessawdust perpetually leak
rather is it between such beddings andbumpings of ourselves to be observedhow in this fundamental respect the wellrecognised regime of childhood is reversed
meantime in dreams let us investigatethoroughly each one his optima rerum firsthaving taken care to lie upon ourabdomens for greater privacy and lest
punished bottoms interrupt philosophy
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