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Let Me Wake Up Dead

I was under a flat sheet and the air conditioner was blaring.  The TV had some kind of crime documentary -- the ones from late 80's to early 90's -- on in the background.  There were no other lights.  As I dozed in and out of basically a giant nap, I heard the TV but didn't really comprehend it.  I didn't remember the last time I'd taken a shower, and I didn't care.  Thinking to use the right soap product on the right part of me was a hurdle that was far too high to jump.  Had breathing been voluntary, I probably wouldn't have been able to continue it.  I thought about being a newborn and craved it: all I would need was taken care of for me.  All I had to think about was sleeping and eating.  I didn't have to manage anything -- I could just be.   I kept trying to reenact it -- all I had to do was rest.  I wish I had remembered it.  It sounded like such luxury, such peace.  I hated waking up.  I just wanted to sleep.  I didn't want to wake up.  Lord,