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36 Recording Angel No, of course, you cannot change the past but neither can you prevent the past from changing. Sly, shy, it conforms to your mood, says whatever you want, and is what you want it to be or fear it might have been, which is not so strange, because it is not out there but in your mind, hiding itself away, lurking, waiting for you to let down your guard so it can pounce with a list of shameful moments. In better spirits you find it has cheered up, too, and it gives you glimpses of moments that weren’t so bad. As a reward or a consolation? Neither. For you see how few they are, how frail, how long ago, and how unlikely ever to happen again. ...

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