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That which injured your senses when you were  a child ,

 

The things you perceived without reservations as unfair,

 

They hurt no longer, They have lost their size, their contrast.

 

Now habit protects the gaps in your conscience.

 

Now logic warms the shivering figure of truth.

 

                                                                                      Christian M. Lappe

                                                                                      Atlanta/Berlin (83)