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# The noise of humanity prevented God from sleeping.
- URL: https://www.jamesreeves.co/senseless/
- Published: 2020-04-09T23:48:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-13T00:06:54.000Z
- Author: James A. Reeves
- Tags: Notebook

Last night I dreamt about a god who was angry because the noise of humanity prevented him from sleeping. This dream followed me into the vacant streets today, a city shuttered and hushed with only the occasional masked figure. I stood in the middle of First Avenue for a moment, losing the line between reality and dream.

A damp April day, the sky paper blank. Sixteen million people have filed for unemployment, yet the stock market is rising. We’ve built such a senseless hall of mirrors. If this pandemic doesn’t restore our senses, what will it take?