Welcome to Night Vale, episode 43 - Visitor

Today's proverb: You won't sleep when you're dead, either.

Rhapsody of a Windy Night

“[…] The bed is open; the tooth-brush hangs on the wall,
Put your shoes at the door, sleep, prepare for life.”
The last twist of the knife.

Preludes

You dozed, and watched the night revealing
The thousand sordid images
Of which your soul was constituted [...].