“Duvet” by Mattie ; Tuesday, February 4
Today, I crawled into my bed to take a nap in the sunlight. I couldn’t sleep at all. After about a hundred tries, I decided something needed to change. I picked up my pillow, reoriented my blanket, and slept horizontally.
Before I could get comfortable, I slammed my head on my window sill. Ouch. But I stuck through it, adamant that my inability to sleep was caused by my position. So, with my head under the assaultive window, my feet facing my closet, and my back to my bedroom door- I laid and laid and laid, hoping for sleep. It was almost comfortable. I’m the perfect height for the side of my bed, assuming my knees are slightly bent. I wondered how long I could do this. I also wondered, is it fixing anything?
I was just as sleepless on the side of my bed as I was on the top of it. But, what if it worked? Could I be sleeping horizontally for the next 5 years? 15, even? Forever? It was a silly thought. I imagined what it would be like. What life would be like if that were my character quirk. I imagined sleeping with a beautiful man, and afterwards- stripped down to my socks- forming a St. Peter’s cross of sorts. Laying at his ankles and never getting too close.
I wondered if, maybe, he’d join me. I wondered if his legs would stick out much further than mine, but he’d be okay with it because he’d be holding me.
It was much to think about, just from laying horizontally. I was getting too warm and uncomfortable. I moved, my head at the foot board, and I fell asleep. I had a dreamless nap, and I woke to nothing but my duvet tags crinkling in my ears.
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