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Can You Handle Your Own Somnia?

from The Drowse or the Age of Constant Fatigue by Kristin Reiman

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Can you handle your own somnia for a moment?

Hypochondria, self-gaslighting;
A person who doesn’t know if they are mute or not
as they have no-ne to talk to?
Going so far into the alienation,
that you don’t get if there are things wrong with you or if it’s you who’s wrong.

Arias of alternate personas; making own friends, I guess?


Can you handle your own somnia for a moment?
The assets born and grown with you do not necessarily stay for forever or until you are dead. You can lose things beforehand and be all paranoid about this. Going so far into the alienation that you don’t get if there are things wrong with you or if it’s you who’s wrong.


Isn’t it really that all people are evil? In a way, also hostile towards themselves - nobody wins from this constant pinching.
It is paining to be stuck in-house, giving up on the overwhelm of the outdoor. I would rather sleep endlessly than have to deal with reconnecting myself to this shared world. I don’t need to go all out into the fog to have the drowse overtake my brain and squeeze it into knots. It’s fine. It’s the only life I know so far and for all I could care, there are no alternatives. A stuckness overtaking motion, loose limbs, un-tense muscle, the body at rest: forever dreaming is a long-time dream come true. As in, you can also make an underwhelming wish; and, an amount won on lottery, money barely making up for what was spent on the ticket, is still a victory.



It is a victory not to be bored.
It is a victory not to be overstimulated
for extended periods of time.
It is a victory not to crash down
crash to bed,
crash the brain.
It is a victory not to wake up tired;

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from The Drowse or the Age of Constant Fatigue, released June 19, 2019

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