some blessings come with the light.

When it is light, it is easier to go to the gym. It is easier to go to the grocery store. It is easier to pretend you are a normal person. You might fool people into thinking your contacts are your real eyes and that you are 20/20. That you are the real deal.

Then some blessings come with the dark. Once the sun goes down, you can pretend that the 10 day forecast does not equal emphysema. You can not see the pollution and when you breathe deep you can almost think you do not feel the smog changing your lungs.

You wake up quick. You serve people happily. You think to yourself that you were manufactured by a happy merging of Disney and Starbucks and NPR.

When it comes down to it, you are a not a dog, barking in his sleep. You are a real human, with a real purpose.