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I dey sleep while e still be tonight

@moonstill Narrated by Paul Rigby 2:04 25 shots

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I dey go bed while e still be tonight, no be wen e don already turn tomorrow. Di house dey do im late quiet. I go continue to dey do dis one, because di version of me wey go show face tomorrow, na now dem dey decide am, inside dis particular fifteen minutes, no be for any point tomorrow morning. Tomorrow morning, na only wetin dem give me here I go fit work wit.

Di lamp don off and di street no dey do much at all. Tomorrow still far well well from here, and na exactly dat one be di reason to enter bed dis early. One book dey wey I no open and e no do me anytin at all. Di house get dat particular settled sound wey e dey make wen everytin wey dey inside am don finish for di day.

I dey wake for di hours wey nobody dey ask me for, den I go take one version of mysef wey everybody gats manage pay for dem. Dat na bad exchange rate, and I don dey run am for years without ever writing am down once. Di late hours dey feel like di only ones wey truly na my own, and na exactly why I dey defend dem anyhow like dat. No be rest I dey rest inside dem. Na loan I dey collect against tomorrow and I dey call am freedom, and na oda pipo wey no ever gree for di terms dey pay di interest on top am.

Nobody dey tif di evening comot from my hand. Na me dey spend am, and di moment wey I fit see am dat way, I come fit choose different without feeling say dem deprive me of anytin at all. Dat one small change of how I dey see am do work pass all di force wey I ever try to use on mysef. Tiredness no dey come announce imsef as tiredness. E dey come as impatience, as temper wey dey catch fire quick, as decision wey I no for take, and na all of dat one I dey hand di pipo wey dey around me, den I go call am bad day, as if say e just fall from air. Di cost of dis tin no ever land on my head alone, and na dat part finally move me.

So I go set alarm for di time wey I suppose sleep, no be for morning alone. One alarm, for di hour wey I dey always waka pass am straight without noticing say I don pass am. Di alarm no be rule wey I dey force on top mysef and e no be punishment. Na information, wey dey land for di one moment wey person fit trust say I no dey watch time by mysef.

Inside bed, on purpose, while e still be tonight. Tomorrow go collect better version of me.