MY STRUGGLE WITH MY WEIGHT Mornings around here there is so much fog in the trees it is like it isn't around here at all. The fog confers with the upslope and downslope and is not upset that it must simply vanish when the sun achieves a certain strength. But I was saying that in the midst of all this legs have a definite heft, after so many steps they get hard to move, I'm panting. And my arms, they're no bet- ter, my head must be held up, can't just allow it to sag, even my insides, my liver say, there is a noticeable presence in there, and I can feel it slop around, I need to carry it with me, there is no way to lighten the load. And here I am out in the woods x distance from the house, worn out, feeling I've had it, just want to be home, but it will take y amount of energy to get me there, and where will it come from? And say I do get home, likely as not it's already night, late, the guest can be heard in his corner of the house playing the guitar sadly, this has happened before, he'll get through it, but how much sleep does a person need, is it proportional to weight or to loss or to what?
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