Volume

why is 

 everything 

 just 

 so

 LOUD

breathing and sighing and turning, rolling 

 shifting

so loud

so loud 

so loud 

the sounds

so loud

the sounds

sleep runs

1:29am

so loud

so loud

can't sleep

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