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Sleep eludes me.. there is no comforting tic-tock of the clock or clattering of the fan.. I can hear the kitchen tap leaking, the distant sound of moving trucks and every now and then someone passes by on this road.. the dogs, they haven't barked in a while.. but they will soon star.. someone will rouse them, incite their fury.. or these mischievous things might be scheming against each other..

I so deserve a peaceful sleep right now. Not kidding no, countless thoughts have been clamoring in my head without inspiration or purpose, just aimlessly passing by as if through me to some other place. And I know that everything will be so different in the morning, I just want to sleep through this.

A little yawn but no use even trying. I have been sleepless before but winters have never been this way. I'm reminded of my childhood. Ours was a family of early sleepers and very often I found myself awake after everyone had dozed off. I wonder what I used to think then. I just remember this one thing.. that I would be lying next to my mother and I would be really scared about waking her up.

I got distracted.. I started looking at FB. So many stories running in parallel.. not that I am able to follow them completely.. but it all fits in, somehow. I like this word - somehow.

A truck has stopped outside my house and a jeep. No not kidding. This place. I wonder if rats could sleep in this noise. Its 2 am. I am not even remotely poetic. Maybe I should resume reading Famished Road, that could put me to sleep. Or some nice dose of economics proper.

Why people would you choose to care to step out at 2 am in the night? Why would you honk? And why does it have to be so bloody chilly...

Just yesterday I was thinking about how I have managed to not catch the cold. I have it now.  There. Fait accompli. Late though.