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A man is sleeping one night when he's awakened by a phone call. A doctor from the hospital is on the other end, and tells the man that his wife has been in a terrible accident, and he has to come to the hospital immediately.
When the man arrives at the hospital, a doctor greets him with a very grave expression. "How is she!?" says the man, in a panic.
"I'm afraid the news isn't good, sir," replies the doctor. "Your wife was seriously injured, and she's lost the use of her body from the neck down. From now on, you'll have to do everything for her. Feed her, bathe her, help her go to the bathroom, everything."
"Oh my god," says the man. "This is terrible. Nothing could be worse than this."
The doctor stares at him for a minute, then suddenly bursts out laughing. "What's so funny?" the man says angrily.
The doctor says, "I'm just fucking with you. She's dead."
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And no matter what I say I cannot resist or betray it. No one could do so because there is no one here. There is only this body, this shadow, this darkness.
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