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  • Why Does a Dripping Tap Make It So Hard to Sleep?

    Why Does a Dripping Tap Make It So Hard to Sleep?

    People describe the sound of a dripping tap in the middle of the night as anything from annoying to torture. Others sleep through, seemingly oblivious. ZeusAngered the gods to their stormThe earth to her fire roarAnd the quake between our feetFrom the tunnels we boreEars fail to let us dream, sleepLike a tap’s leaking torture.…