Friday, October 16, 2009

not very good at sleeping

It's (far too) early. My sense of responsibility made it hard to sleep last night, snapping awake constantly in anticipation of the alarm this morning that meant that I had something briefly to do. It only took a few moments, but it took over my night.

I'm not very good at sleeping.

I walked through the French Quarter and saw people unloading trucks to fill shelves at grocery stores and freezers in restaurants. I saw them delivering cases to replenish what we drank last night.

I walked the uneven sidewalks and heard the sounds of cheerful morning conversation, the radios playing news stories and talking about the weather. I heard doors and gates opening and closing as the rest of the world went to work and I went home to try and go back to sleep.

I laid in bed for half and hour but I could still hear these things and so i gave up trying, because I'm not very good at sleeping.

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