Thursday, April 2, 2009

Utopia

Lights off. An alarm clock sounds. A man gets up sluggishly. Lights are dim.

Man: I had the greatest dream. It’s what I always wish I could do—it’s setting my priorities straight, and it went like this:

Lights off. Man gets in bed. Sleeps. Wait 1 minute. Alarm clock sounds. Man turns it off. Sleeps for a while longer. Hours later [but not really, of course. Maybe like 30 seconds more], he gets up again. Lights dim.

Man: I had the greatest dream. It’s what I always wish I could do—it’s setting my priorities straight, and it went like this:

Lights off.

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