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Deborah Brasket's avatar

Reading this upon waking from a sound sleep and remembering my dreams. So strange. Never know where they come from or why. Some seem so real, and others are so boring, it's a treat to wake. And wonder: is this now any more real than the land I just woke from?

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David Deubelbeiss's avatar

The only thing you forgot is that Sleep is a trial run of Death. But one day, the door we entered through will no longer be there and we'll be unable to awake that way again. But as Nietzsche quipped, "sleep must be very important, we have to stay awake all day to enjoy it". Thanks, enjoyed this piece. Could even be set to music, some Waits or Moody Blues.

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Russell C. Smith's avatar

The King Curtis version of "A Whiter Shade of Pale."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI8d36w_ijw

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David Deubelbeiss's avatar

Oh that would do might fine ...

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Mike Goodenow Weber's avatar

Meaningful.

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Russell C. Smith's avatar

Thanks kindly, Stacy Alexander!

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Russell C. Smith's avatar

Thank you, Alisa Kennedy Jones!

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Russell C. Smith's avatar

Thanks, David, Franco, and Richard!

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