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You
point your accusing finger at me,
and you
ask insistently:
“How do you plead?”
“How do you plead?”
How
do I plead? How
do I plead? Do
you really want to know
how I do plead?
I
plead “not guilty,”
by reason of your insanity.
That's
how I plead. I
plead “not guilty,”
because that is the way I feel.
But,
ultimately,
ultimately,
I plead “not
guilty,”
because it, rather, suits me well
to make such a plea,
“not guilt,”
“not guilty,”
when the entire world seems
to stand united against me.
Against me. I
plead “not guilty,”
ultimately,
ultimately,
though, in truth, I know,
it matters not in the least,
how I plead. -
I am already...condemned.
End of Book Twelve
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