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Paul Simon is in the flotation tank. The song 'Our Way to Fall' by Yo La Tengo is playing. Paul Simon is thinking about a relationship, which is now over. The relationship feels very over to Paul Simon. Other times the relationship has been a bit over, but with the secret possibility of it starting again, but this time it doesn't feel like that at all. Paul Simon's remembered relationship feels a lot like the song 'Our Way to Fall' by Yo La Tengo. Paul Simon wishes he was in Yo La Tengo. He wishes that he'd written the song 'Our Way to Fall', so that he could email it maybe to the person who he was in a relationship with, and when the person listened to it they would feel a mixture of nostalgia, sadness, and awe at Paul Simon's song-writing ability. Maybe they would listen to it three or four times and then start crying and then feel like they needed to get in immediate contact with Paul Simon. Maybe they would email him, or better, they would be overcome with the extreme urge to call and try to work out what had gone wrong in their relationship, and within five minutes Paul Simon and the person would be back in a relationship again. The song finishes, and 'From a Motel 6' comes on. The CD is on random play. Paul Simon wants to listen to 'Our Way to Fall' again. He pushes open the door of the flotation tank. He climbs out of the flotation tank and water drips off his body onto the salmon-coloured tile floor. Paul Simon slips over twice on the way to the CD player. He is naked. It is about four in the afternoon. When he reaches the CD player, he skips through the tracks until he finds the song 'Our Way to Fall' and then presses the repeat song button. Paul Simon is standing near a large, clear-glass patio door. He looks out into his garden. There is a child in the garden, holding a rainbow-coloured ball. The child is frozen in terror. The child looks at Paul Simon's naked body for a second then runs off down the garden and disappears through a hole in the bush.
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