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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 29321, member: 54&quot;]Yes cool.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe wrong place to mention it but when I was very young I didn&#039;t understand the concept of &quot;poetic license.&quot;&nbsp; As soon as I began hearing the child&#039;s poem:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Row, row, row your boat</p><p>Gently down the stream</p><p>Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily</p><p>Life is but a dream&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The last line really got under my skin.&nbsp; I lay awake nights worrying about it thinking &quot;And all tis time I thought I was really here, alive and stuff, but now I&#039;ve found out this is just a dream.&quot;&nbsp; What would happen if I woke up-would I no longer feel alive, or what?</p><p><br /></p><p>I was grappling with that every day in my pre-kindergarten years when I got hit with another big problem.&nbsp; I had to say my prayer before bedtime every night, and that was:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Now I lay me down to sleep</p><p>I pray the Lord my soul to keep</p><p>If I should die before I wake</p><p>I pray the Lord my soul to take.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I found that both depressing and scary.</p><p><br /></p><p>I mean, I was kind of thinking:&nbsp; &quot;DIE? Me?&nbsp; (sniff, sniff) hey everybody, I&#039;m only 3 years old, gimme a break, OK?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, having no clue that this wasn&#039;t really based on fact or probabilities, I worried a lot about dying while I was sleeping.&nbsp; I mean a LOT.&nbsp; It became very hard to fall asleep knowing I might never wake up.&nbsp; The insomnia never went away.&nbsp; It is why I&#039;m sitting here typing this after midnight.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m just glad the folks didn&#039;t teach me</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Goodnight</p><p>Sleep tight</p><p>Don&#039;t let the bedbugs bite&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>or I&#039;m sure I&#039;d have even more trouble sleeping.</p><p><br /></p><p>So if I do die before I wake, listen, Y&#039;ALL HAVE BEEN A GREAT AUDIENCE, LUV YA!!&nbsp; OK I&#039;M OUTTA HERE!</p><p><br /></p><p>(Exits, stage left, big grin and waving big waves with both arms)</p><p><br /></p><p>(Applause, cheers, whistles from audience)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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