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Darkness and Insomnia
By BR Chitwood
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Sleep waits with me until
Insomnia might mercifully
Quit its nightly routines,
The tossing and turning
Becoming an unbearable
Stir of stupid body scenes.
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How to position my hands?
My head? My legs? My feet?
My brain goes hither and yon.
The grandfather clock ticks
Off its steady pulsations
As thoughts pound on and on.
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Now, I sit in my Lazy-Boy
Typing out my wariness
With words that rhyme.
My head begins to nod,
Drowsiness comes to tease,
Off again to bed I trod.
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Again, beneath the covers
My body comfortably in
Tune with my mind,
The damned cat pounces
On my naked form and
Decides it’s time to unwind.
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A Restless Poetic Effort by BR Chitwood – October 4, 2019
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