A silent thing refuses the demand to entertain or explain itself, and the speaker gives up the demand.
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The thing will not perform. No lesson. No revelation. It stands in the field with its blank hands open. I wait for the miracle to begin. The thing waits longer. At last, I applaud the silence.
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