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SWEEPER:
Lingerer, there are dreams and there is death
Lingerer, you cannot have the two.
It will not do.
PANINA:
Please, please. I beg of you,
Do not wake me from this sleep.
Don’t sweep away his singsong voice,
The smell of his skin, his palm on my cheek.
He’s happy here, and I am, too.
Let the living world rust,
But do not burn my son to dust.

The Lingerer

A brief summary of the script

The Sweeper of Dreams comes across Panina, a mother in mourning over the death of her young son. She lingers in the dream world to see her son again, much to the dismay of the Sweeper.

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