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eighty bucks’ worth of groceries. “ The Function of Dream Sleep” originally appeared in Midnight Graffiti; copyright © 1988 by TheKilimanjaro Corporation. And miles to go before I sleep. ifyou please, sir.

I shrugged, and crouched downbeside him. It comes in handy when you can find some canned goodssomeplace, like in a bombed-out supermarket; makes it easier to pick out stuff you like when the picturesare gone off the labels. He’s clever and pretty fair-looking, but he’s a lox, and I tell you three times, one two three, stay out of hisreach. It was a steady needle of pressure above the right eye.