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'Now I lay me down to sleep...'

'Now I lay me down to sleep...'

Carlotta Shaw
Dec 24, 2024
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‘Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep,
and if I die before I ‘wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take.’ 

Sometime in childhood, I decided that my favorite prayer was this one: an early example of my persistent affection for all things macabre. 
I wonder now if that began with an actuality I’ve been living with always - dreams where…

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