After a pain filled restless night of tossing and turning and no sleep, the old man drags his lifeless breathless stiff corpse out of a sunken bed of jagged shards of thorny rocky steel, as the classical music plays and unable to yet see, he drags himself across the floor to prepare his coffee, as his hands tremble he pours in the water and counts the scoops of grind, fumbling he manages to plug in the percolator, as the coffee begins to perc he shuffles off to the toilet, his bowels in a fit of hungerous rage bellow out in pain, staring blankly in the mirror his hair and beard greasy and disheveled, he disrobes and begins the chore of taking a shower, as the water is piping hot he carefully enters the scorching stream of water, the heat offers no help to a decrepit body, the water pours over his head as he brushes his teeth, the task of scrubbing his hair and beard exhaust his tired arms, as he washes his body he finds it difficult to maintain grasp of the soap, finally tired of the ordeal he shuts off the water and dries himself off, gingerly stepping out of the shower, the arduous task of brushing out his hair and beard steal what strength remains, stumbling back to his bed, he struggles to pull on a clean undergarment, his socks and pants, weary he stands up and pours a cup of coffee and gently packs his pipe with scraps of tobacco, he pulls on his coat and steps out the door, a dark and gray morning the air mild but heavy, as the world begins to wake and move not a single soul takes notice of the enduring hell the old man is forced to confront yet another day;
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