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By Jack Joseph Smith

72 “You must consintrate, It is necessary that this sensatiom dées not forget memory, or let’ the inm= agination of ‘the future-be trampled ‘by sleep walk= ing." "Well Mensieuer; you are young, I am old; and I can net see the weight’ I have, but it remains te. be seer, for I would ‘like more-of ite" "Yow have its" Y&as IC cla, "36. ie certainly felt," "To think in terms ef the reality of the weight ig the first step before making it into a form we- can put our hands on te lift it off. After all; ence semething real is lifted; where it is geing to be put back down becomes ‘the next choices" * “put it in the fire Sir," said Jaugeline. "Ashes to ashes; dust te dust, and then return as-a flew= er,‘ Ie that right?" Montreal looked ‘at Jaqueline, WEY f fer ; Express Ee! tind of, Jb w wpe df. fos ;

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The ritual grows more coherent here, as Marie admits she wants more of the weight and Jaugeline translates the whole act into a language of ashes, dust, and return.

What begins as eccentric performance starts to become a genuine communal meditation. Each speaker bends the scene toward their own worldview, but the shared effort to move pain into form keeps them briefly aligned.

Claude

The ritual grows more coherent — Marie admits she wants more of the weight, and Jaugeline transitions from skeptic to participant. The page is the ceremony taking hold.