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I Will Keep Myself to the Side

January play with no stage directions

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Anna Atsu
Jan 11, 2026
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“So, what you are saying here is that you would sit with me here without a chronometer if you were old?”, I say.

“Of course I would. We all progress to return to a basic human connection. OK, I know you don’t appreciate that word”.

“What word?”

“Connection.”

“And why is that? You tell me…”

“Because you wouldn’t be here, if not me, if not the connections…”

I …

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