The Other Side of the Hedge by E.M. Forster

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  Somewhere between waking and sleeping on our journey towards the unfathomable deep,

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  there comes a thin moment where we have one foot in the waking world and the other is in that other world where we relinquish conscious control.

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  Pausing here and straddled between two planets that drive one another like gears,

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  the attentive traveler will notice a narrow door only wide enough to sidle through.

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  This is the border of sleep, where imagination and reality are braided together,

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  a chasm in the crust of consciousness,

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  venting the hot pumice of imagery into the irresistible magma of narrative.

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  Welcome to episode 28 of Stories from the Borders of Sleep.

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  This is a weekly podcast of curious tales from the borders of sleep and usually featuring original stories by your host Seymour Jacklin,

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  and occasionally, as on this episode,

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  the work of another author from the past, in this case em Forster.

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  You can visit bordersofsleep.com for more information or to leave some feedback.

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  Artwork is by Robin Trainor, production by Tim Wiles,

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  and the soundtrack for this week's episode is from the album Rain Trip by Tony Iniguez,

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  and that is available from magnitune.com you can also get this podcast on itunes.

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  So if you are ready to journey with me, then I shall begin the Other side of the Hedge by E.M.

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  forster My pedometer told me that I was 25, and though it is a shocking thing to stop walking,

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  I was so tired that I sat down on a milestone to rest.

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  People outstripped me, jeering as they did so,

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  but I was too apathetic to feel resentful, and even when Ms.

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