Thu, 19 May 2005

like a switch
I was seven, and taught myself to sleep in public. It was important to me, for reasons no longer clear, that I should be able to sleep anywhere, and after a week of sitting with the idea, of mulling it over, I went to the park on a Saturday afternoon, sat down beside a thicket of bushes, and went to sleep. It was a warm spring day, and the grass was thick, and so it was easy. Soon I undertook more difficult areas, such as the mall, or on bus benches, or in the back yards of people I did not know. Soon I could sleep anywhere, at any time, and tested myself by sleeping soundly between two train tracks. I had mastered a skill that I did not yet have a use for, but I was proud, and knew that my life would route itself to make the most of my skills. [ljcomments]
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