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Ah the glory of a restful sleep

Ah... the glory of a restful sleep Nothing beats the refreshing blissful peaceful easy feeling resulting from shut-eye after feeling zonked out staying up late after a hard day's night binge reading or slaving o'er crafting an umpteenth brilliant masterpiece a comment from modest sexagenarian oompa loompa knucklehead waltzing timid wordsmith experiencing nirvana dreaming about glory days of yore when peace on earth and goodwill toward all The sequels to All Creatures Great and Small are All Things Bright and Beautiful, All Things Wise and Wonderful, The Lord Dog Made Them All, and Every Living Thing enumerated book titles courtesy the late James Herriot, a veterinarian whose predicated stories linkedin on personal experiences earning trust among animal kingdom included within that branch of life includes the most atrocious, hellacious, malicious, notorious opprobrious, predacious, whew pugnacious, rapacious, vicious and vainglorious species whom ever trod upon oblate spheroid essentially running roughshod over the Garden of Eden like a bull in a china shop recklessly bulldozing, donning, flagrantly haranguing, jump/kick starting marauding, oppressing, whew quarantining, strangling, uber abstract words such as liberty, life,and the pursuit of personal happiness forever enshrined, and codified since forefathers/ mothers sacrificed life and limb to secure said inalienable rights severely compromised courtesy forty seventh president of United States, whereat he condemned, jilted brother/sisterhood wrought demolition against progressive social programs incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion rendered null and void socially progressive government pillars upholding constitutional services granting leeway for foreigners to journey across badlands in an effort to gain opportunities in the "land of milk and honey" meant originally a phrase mentioned in the Bible in the Book of Exodus & Deuteronomy Jewish tradition to refer to Israel, but in the twenty first century many Mexicans, and other people's seeking protection from persecution or serious human rights violations also clamor to live in a country, where opportunities beckon (courtesy Lady Liberty) to risk life & limb where subsequent generations of full blooded citizens will not fear being forcibly removed from land they, an amorphous word categorizing diverse groups of people heralding from across all four corners across the globe laboring videre licet sweat of their brow to allow, enable and provide what - people who live here legally to relish the fruits of their labor, which immediate deportment will mean a significant spike in food prices, cuz loads of fruits and veggies get harvested, said grunt work averse to most anybody else, who can earn top dollar at a fast food restaurant, or selling illegal contrabands (teeny weenie tiny people playing jigs and reels) to lavish & adorn themselves with the trappings of wealth joining the affluent, these nouveau riche an envy living the life of riley easy street yet methinks there might much more to existence than groveling (like pigs in a sty) aiming to accrue gazillion dollars, when look at me, I myself based on economic parameters would be classed as indigent, what with just enough unearned income courtesy social security disability, plus EBT (electronic bank transfer) food stamp funds, but rejoice like Henry Bemis, the character in the Twilight Zone who works at a bank, loves to read, and rejoices after an atomic bomb goes off because he believes he has "time enough at last" to read, but I never worked period thank mental health issues, & revel gaining knowledge turning pages of select books & magazines.

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