He struggled to fall back to sleep. The roosters outdid the parrots flocked in the yard, who overtook large pea fowl gorging yellow fruit in the tree by the dirt lane. Dogs yipped and danced under weaver bird nests hung low but just out of reach. Ants skittered up the yellow wall beside his bed. This carpet of noise and distraction merged and settled, smoothing the way for the mermaid to resurface and embrace him tenderly, her soft exhales fogging up the mask of his helmet.
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