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Jun 08, 2026 09:44a.m.

I bargained with life for a penny, and life would pay no more than a penny. However, I begged at evening when I counted my scanty store. For life is a just employer, it gives you what you ask for, but once you have set the wages, why, you must bear the task. I worked for a menial hire, only to learn, dismayed, that any wage I had asked of life, Life would have willingly paid.

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