ceilingmap

/ˈsiːlɪŋˌmæp/nounVerified New

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The map of the ceiling memorized during insomnia — every crack, every shadow, every fixture, charted without consent.

The ceilingmap is the insomniac's only publication. It is accurate to the millimeter, useless to everyone, and revised nightly. The cartographer would prefer not to know the territory so well.

Etym. — ceiling + map — the cartography metaphor for the involuntary survey of the sleepless; the map is real, the expedition is not.

Rel. — worryshift · insomnigraph

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