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I Should Be Sleeping

May 8, 2023
By ashreads SILVER, Calabasas, Please Select
ashreads SILVER, Calabasas, Please Select
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I should be sleeping

But it’s no use.

I can’t stop the words from coming.

I should be sleeping

It’s 12:17 and my

Alarm is set for a quarter past 6.

I should be sleeping

But how can I when the words 

Are flowing

    Soaring

      Emerging 

Landing

    On the page?

I should be sleeping. 

But I know I won’t.

Not tonight.


The author's comments:

 I wrote this at 12:17 AM, like the poem says. If anyone's wondering, I didn't sleep after writing that poem, and instead wrote a dozen more bad poetry.


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