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i was exhausted after lunch today. i rolled under the mosquito net but didn't quite make it all the way. my right leg stayed on the floor.

i don't remember thinking i wanted to go to sleep. i actually remember thinking that i probably shouldn't be sleeping and i should get back to work. that was one and a half hours before i woke up.

i woke up and my leg was still hanging on the ground. it took me a moment to orient myself. i had just been in iraq giving packs of food out to children who were quite well dressed.

the dream passed and i brushed my hair and looked at my broken face in the mirror. i gargled some mouthwash and tucked in my shirt and looked out the window.

through the bars of my window i could see the rain peacefully falling from the sky and moving a little bit of dirt from one spot to another. it was a peaceful rain. the sky seemed rested. we were all at peace and i walked out into it and drove my bicycle over a rocky road towards a cool office and smiling friends.