Curtain Call at Midnight

The room was silent, save for the blue glow of the television screen across the chamber. A sudden thrill surged through my paper toes! I gave a firm, springy flex—and lo, I leaned forward under my own power! With a grandiose sweep of my left arm, I tipped my high top hat toward the glowing television, acknowledging my luminous audience before coming to rest upright upon the smooth, rippling folds of the bed.