Sleeping Mode

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I stayed in bed yesterday. For the most part. Listened to Madeleine Peyroux: Standing on the Rooftop which is a great album. The weather was rainy and somewhat cold. I tried to think about your actions. And my actions. We clashed. Two titans heading against each other. The song says "Meet Me in Rio".
I was 35 when that happened. We were by the water. San Francisco so close to us and yet. We were so far apart. You could have told me. But instead, we just clashed like waves on the shore. Remember Pacific Highway? Remember that one time I baked cookies for our trip? We were on the West Coast of Happiness.

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