Congratulations, you took my breath away, and I mean that literally. I gasped when I got to this part. I will leave any and all nitpicking to Muse and simply say, fantastic.
My dear Rhabbi, I wish I could claim the closer as my own -- but I think (faulty memory and all) that it's Shakespeare (Juliet's line)
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"You know that place between sleep and awake, where you can still remember dreaming? That's where you'll find me..."