Song of the Modern Insomniac
Location
38106
United States
35° 5' 37.698" N, 90° 7' 17.1264" W
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The sea of night, a gentle grey
To smooth the warmth of day away
Yet charcoal silhouettes are seen
Unveiled by the computer screen
A tender touch to sleep's soft chest
Can loose humanities repressed
And then I must return again
To sate a self-destructive end
It wracks my tired appetite
It drags me into its sick light
I raise the plastic lid and think
Adopt the pixel's pen and ink
I know, in time, the sun will rise
Reveal me, bleeding at the eyes
I know, but I'm not disinclined;
I type these words to lose my mind
This poem is about:
Me
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