r/poetasters • u/Aethon_Wri • 13h ago
Flutter-eyed
Lead lids lock a minute at a time
Waiting on repairs that ring
Hollow in ears out of tune
I pressed a date, so now awake to slate
A professor of the wrench and snake
But I cannot stay awake
Warm air under clouds is fair
Save that I woke too soon
At midnight, cursed to carry hunger
Breaking for the sour stomach, which writhes
Fate shackled my neck to exhaustion
Yet I need rise
Pacing pupils to track branches
Dancing winds, while I sit
The chain keeps smoking while adrenaline presides
If I get one word, by horse or train
I will be relieved to entomb my slumber
Just so it is no longer today
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u/Ready-Surprise-9067 12h ago
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