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Bozo's Obstacle4Closer than you ThinkThe phone rings once.A bomb dropsundetonated nextto my cereal bowl.My life is on holdbut won%u2019t stop.I would be in loveif I had the stamina,and fall out of itif I had the nerve.I reach for the phonebut it%u2019s not worth it.Who would want me,especially at this hour?Why bother? Let the answeringmachine do its job.A voice coaxes meto wake up.To top it off, I realizethe drip-drop, tick-tocksounds are neither a leaknor a clock,but my mucousclogged snoringat the breakfast table.I tell the callerwho cannot hear me, to takea walk and,with the spoontoo distant and blurryto seize, I grab a handful