April 4th, 2003 - 2:01 a.m.

Sounds that nestle into the ear and smother the hippocampus.

-Cantonese spoken with a Shanghaiese accent

-a soft female voice singing the correct notes to accompany the simple lyric of "din dong"

-rain against window and roof

-a runaway faucet, head submerged

-the yawn of a half asleep baby

-non-aerodynamic leaves bending to the will of the wind

-scratch of pencil to paper

-padding of animal feet patrolling wooden floor

-flick of curtain running away from window

-a masculine voice saturated with Russian

-kretek crackle

-settling of down blankets

-combustion of match caressing sandpaper

-flip of papers in a book shop

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