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You don't need to ask me whether or not I'm tired- which sign tells you better?

I could say that I didn't get enough sleep. Or you could just look at the permanent mark in my cheek where my hand has been holding it up for the past two months. My exhaustion rests on an elbow.

In class, I listen to the words float by my ear like drifts of conversation picked up on a busy street.

I am tired
I am tire
I am tir
I am ti
I am t
I am
I a
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