Saturday, March 10, 2018

I Couldn't Find Any Sleep

I Couldn't Find Any Sleep
(first draft, incomplete?)




I tried to get too much done yesterday

And when I finally laid down

(short nap before a night shift)

I couldn't find any sleep

In the jungle that is my disquieted mind

The hurly-burly of all my schemes and aspirations

Howled like monkeys at sunset.

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Image used without permission. Stolen here.

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