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December, 1966

PlaybackIt is incredible that I have forgotten so much, so quickly. I have used my body for 40 years; I thought I knew it. Yet already it is fading like a dream.Arms, legs--where are you? What did you ever do for me, when you were mine? I send out signals, trying to command the limbs I vaguely remember. Nothing happens; it is like shouting into a vacuum.Shouting. Yes, I try that. Perhaps they hear me, but I cannot hear myself. Silence has flowed over me, until I can no longer imagine sound. Ther...