I find it hard to fall asleep tonight, even though I must, desperately. The dull ache in my jaw, the cramp in my thigh, the hunger I cannot satiate because my delicate system threatens to reject everything. The endless thoughts. The mammoth list to be done. The excruciating negotiations fighting for what you deserve. Tiredness that seeps in insidiously. The day that has begun even before the night is through.

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