and then, one day, the clouds aren't so low, and field mice scamper where wild pigs used to be. six days and counting 'till four guaranteed days of sun, even if it rains, even if it thunderstorms there will be nothing but sun.

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i had dreams last night of ineptitude and beration. it began with using the wrong sponge to clean the counter and ended with a baby dead from dehydration, mouth twisted and open, as if waiting for water. there was hope though, as there usually is, and i lifted my shirt and offered the baby my nipple. it came alive again for the milk and everything else seemed almost forgotten. i woke up then and despite what had been a dark night both inside and out, the first thing my awake mind noticed was birds singing right outside my window.

nothing but sun.