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Faithful Diary,
We both knew that I could not live at the airport forever.
Eventually I would need my sleep. Eventually, I would need to come home.
I nodded off on the streetcar, missing my stop completely. The driver woke me at the end of the line and made me pay an extra fare when I told him I would need to go back the other way. Pleasant city we live in, don't you think?
When I arrived home, the house felt darker than usual. Perhaps this is owing to the fact that it was already dark outside, but I felt spiritual darkness as well. I stripped off my clothes and fell easily into bed. Now that my body was relatively clean, I noticed how crusty my sheets were, and how awful my pillowcase smelled. Despite my exhaustion, I stripped the bed and replaced my linens before falling b
