As I lay there a while, I drifted into a dream-like state and fantasized about what she looked like.

我在那躺了一会儿，进入了一种做梦一般的状态，幻想着她的样子。

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I lay there, dazed, waiting for my gasping to slow and quiet.

我躺在那里，头昏眼花，等待着我的气息平缓下来。

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I lay there looking at Neil's clock and wondering whether Cheryl would ever arrive.

我躺在那里，看着Neil的时钟，怀疑Cheryl真的会到吗。

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I looked down. There before me lay my body.

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I want them to say that "there was somebody who lay bare, not just argument vision, The joy that he finds in being human, the joy he finds in sharing, the joy he finds in interacting, the common response, which is descent from black culture.

我想要听他们说：,“他是个揭露自己灵魂的人，而不是大谈道理“,作为人所得到的快乐，在分享和互动中所得到的快乐，从黑人文化中所衍生出来的“共鸣感”

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For what seemed hours I lay there, listening to their breathing.

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We haven't washed his sheets because I can go in there and lay on his bed and still smell my boy.

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