the nice thing about sleeping in late was that he was that much close to a beer after noon or that because he slept in so late that he can open a beer immediately and have it with breakfast

                                                                         though probably the nicest thing about sleeping in was that he got there only because he woke and then let his hypnagogic reverie gather itself and enter him  and in its netherworld twilight sylphs and sibyls tossed faerie dust tumbled bones and laid down with him to relish the most outrageous phantasies perform

if he was stayed awake he would have denied himself  

he was at his best when he didnt

they watched two aerie nymphs dance and chase each otherplay together one was dark like a murmuration embodied the second was startlinglywhite like a sweep a drift of simmering white sand a strong oceanbreeze running its fingers through her 

                        they were clothed in sheer cloth knotted at their hips circling their waists and long enough to provide some modesty – which they were unconcern with didnt care – they played in a tall grassy field kissed by sunrays and ran through a spacious stand of leafytrees at the edge of a body of water  they dove into it then stood and splashed and kicked water at each other

moist and bejeweled they ran back up to the grass and performed a sinuous ritual dance exchanging the lead many times

they danced until they were exhausted and collapsed 

                                                         and on top the crushed aromatic sheaves the broken bearded heads they embraced each other panting and panting they closed their eyes and fell asleep in each other arms

it was only when they breathed deeplysonorously sleeping hard that he roused

when he rousedwoke he opened his eyes then closed them again and remained lying in bed taking inventory of his body of its discomforts where they were today they changed every day juggled their severity or abstained and lying there on the backs of his eyelids he watched them again reran their dancing and their play

                                                                                                   he smiled gratefully

       

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