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of leaving my mother,

or the death of my brother and father.
I sit down next to

one of the few trees
in the savanna

and see Gol grazing the grass.
But then out of nowhere

I'm toppling onto Gol’s back,

riding through dozens upon dozens of dead bodies
of the people from my village

covered in blood.
I push Gol faster and faster,

desperate to escape this horrible place
Finally, I reach the end of the field.

Instead of seeing the familiar and peaceful sight of the savanna

I reach a busy place.
I'm running through a path now of dark stone

and it is unbelievably cold
and I feel my eyes burning

and white little puffs start coming down from the sky,

and it is becoming colder and colder.
I jump off of Gol’s back

tumbling into a car
with a belt around my body choking and strangling me

and my friend, Dave, saying

It's okay, Kek. It will all be over soon…
SLEEP STORY II

I'm perched on a little patch of grass.
I see big white tents looming in the distances

and somehow I know it will be safe there
but then out of nowhere

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