sometimes i dream before i fall asleep

i think of odd things to help me fall asleep sometimes

i dream that i have a tiny little apartment out in rural japan. not much around except my neighbors and maybe the local school. a shop or two. i dream that i have big shelf full of old ceramics. all of the ones that no one wants anymore. chipped crystal wine glasses and bowls with the wrong glazes and trinkets that ive pieced back together over and over again and bowls and mugs made by children who grew up and decided to leave them at the thrift. i dream that i use them and i clean them and i tell them that they are loved regardless of their imperfections. they are loved even when they do not feel it.

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