...there were two hours of uninterrupted silence. The birds have flown. I have had insomnia for the last two nights. I physically could not cycle to work this morning, so I stood at the bus-stop. Alarmingly, I didn't even have the energy for anger. I passively stood at the bus-stop and didn't care one whit whether the bus would show up, and if so, when. I stared vacantly into space and when