Steven Wright 10

So I figured I’d leave the area, because I had no ties there anyway except for this girl I was seeing.  We had conflicting attitudes:  I really wasn’t into meditating and she wasn’t really into being alive.  I told her I knew when I was going to die because my birth certificate has an expiration date. I can remember the first time I had to go to sleep.  Mom said, “Steven, time to go to sleep.“  I said, “But I don’t know how.” She said, “It’s real easy.  Just go down to the end of tired and hang a left.“  So I went down to the end of tired, and just out of curiosity I hung a right.  My mother was there, and she said “I thought I told you to go to sleep.” I hate it when my foot falls asleep during the day because that means it’s going to be up all night. My girlfriend’s so intense…  She woke me up the other night and asked, “If you could tell exactly when and how you were going to die, would you want to know?“  “Heck no,” I said, “Why?“  “Doesn’t matter, just go back to sleep…” When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, “Did you sleep good?“  I said, “No, I made a few mistakes.” I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering. One night I walked home very late and fell asleep in somebody’s satellite dish.  My dreams showed up on TVs all over the world. I was once arrested for walking in someone else’s sleep. It’s a good apartment because they allow pets.  I have a Shetland pony named Nikkie.  Last summer Nikkie was involved in a bizarre electrolysis accident. All her hair was removed except for her tail.  Now I rent her out to Hare Krishna family picnics.