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-Sometimes I feel as though I am not a real writer.  \
-[I don't smoke][].  I don't wake up early but I don't sleep \
-all day either.  I find myself increasingly interested \
-in dumb luck.  Chance: I've found two dimes in as many \
-days.  Does this mean I've found twenty lucky pennies?  \
-I want you to participate.  You the reader.  You, \
-the probabilistic god of my dreams.  I've been having \
-[strange dreams][] lately.  I don't remember them but \
-they leave impressions.  A bare foot.  A tunnel \
-of hair from her face to mine.  A boat stranded \
-in a living-room.  Something warm.  Something like the sun \
-through my eyelids.  [A hand, with all its dead symbology][].  \
-[My teeth have fallen out][].  No, you pulled them out \
-with your hands, threw them over your left shoulder \
-[like salt][], to wish away bad luck.  I have something \
-to tell you: bad luck follows like a dog.  It lets you \
-get ahead for a few days, a week, a year.  You'll see, \
-it'll bite your sleeping face when you're not looking.  \
-I've been dreaming about the future, I know.  In my dream \
-I am not a writer, [I live in a place with rain][].  You \
-are sunning yourself as you read this, on a beach or \
-maybe a desert.  Let me move in with you.  I can cook \
-[or clean][] or take care of your dog while you're out.  \
-I'll never have to write again.  [I'll watch television][].  \
-Do I want to become a writer?  Tell me.  Should I smoke?  \
-I can sleep all day in your attic if you want, become \
-[your god][], lose my own, settle to the bottom of the bed \
-like a boat in a river, dream about nothing but [furniture][].
+| Sometimes I feel as though I am not a real writer.
+| [I don't smoke][].  I don't wake up early but I don't sleep
+| all day either.  I find myself increasingly interested
+| in dumb luck.  Chance: I've found two dimes in as many
+| days.  Does this mean I've found twenty lucky pennies?
+| I want you to participate.  You the reader.  You,
+| the probabilistic god of my dreams.  I've been having
+| [strange dreams][] lately.  I don't remember them but
+| they leave impressions.  A bare foot.  A tunnel
+| of hair from her face to mine.  A boat stranded
+| in a living-room.  Something warm.  Something like the sun
+| through my eyelids.  [A hand, with all its dead symbology][].
+| [My teeth have fallen out][].  No, you pulled them out
+| with your hands, threw them over your left shoulder
+| [like salt][], to wish away bad luck.  I have something
+| to tell you: bad luck follows like a dog.  It lets you
+| get ahead for a few days, a week, a year.  You'll see,
+| it'll bite your sleeping face when you're not looking.
+| I've been dreaming about the future, I know.  In my dream
+| I am not a writer, [I live in a place with rain][].  You
+| are sunning yourself as you read this, on a beach or
+| maybe a desert.  Let me move in with you.  I can cook
+| [or clean][] or take care of your dog while you're out.
+| I'll never have to write again.  [I'll watch television][].
+| Do I want to become a writer?  Tell me.  Should I smoke?
+| I can sleep all day in your attic if you want, become
+| [your god][], lose my own, settle to the bottom of the bed
+| like a boat in a river, dream about nothing but [furniture][].
 
 [I don't smoke]: cereal.html
 [strange dreams]: in-bed.html