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A piece of paper that determines the academic fate of kids everywhere.
When we stand up it lies flat. When we lie back it stands up.
With hands that can't hold and eyes that can't see, she's cherished by some but has no real family. Who is she?
What would you father's only sister's sister-in-law be to you?
Words come out of it, aligned in perfect silence. A messenger of black on white, a slinky fellow drawing lines, of thin and soft graphite
In birth I spring forth, in life I unfold. In death I wilt and die, but rebirth restores all.