Sometimes It Doesn't Work

There are sentences I would enjoy in fiction, which is an exercise in shared imagination, that I do not enjoy in nonfiction, an exercise in communication. Take this sentence:

Globalized neo-noir hip-hop fizzy water is the most advanced form of urban erasure I know.

As an invitation to imagination, speculation, and the creation of a constellation of possible meaning, it is marvelous. As an insight into a real person's thoughts about real issues, it is terrible.

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I've been sleeping terribly since getting back from Boston. I think the Mystery Hunt jolted me into a mode of getting only a few hours' sleep every day. This is less than I require, and I'm feeling drowsy at the end of the workday. I'm going to try to get some sleep before going to a party tonight.