“O heavy burden,” to my body I said,
“I abhor your rotting corpse
That is the source of my torments!”
“You are only a spirit,”
Said my body in a tired tone.
“Without me you are nothing,
Not even a living breath!
But in me you act
Like a burning poison.
The day I throw you down for ever
Will be the happiest time of my life,
O heavy burden!”
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