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11/22/2007 9:27 pmLast Read: |
Whether you think it's trampy or not, when we are not awake, we really are ALL sleeping together. Sawing logs, snoozing, getting a little shuteye, some sacktime, heading to slumberland, doing the blanket drill, the bunk habit, having a siesta fiesta, a pajama party or just getting forty winks and a good night's rest We're all setting alarms, reading a bit, warming our feet and spooning in, stealing the covers, hogging all the pillows or taking up the whole bed, grass mat, hammock or our bit of dry earth. Whether the satin sheets, fur or flannels are on the futon, floor or igloo ice whether we are naked, night gowned or wearing what we wore all day. We have been doing this a long time together, alot. Terrorists and tyrants, the embargoed, enemies and occupying forces within a few blocks of each other lay down everyday not only their weapons but their bodies, anger and ideologies. They give up. They surrender, not to overwhelming odds or power but to being...tired. They know they can't win against it. Something much bigger says "I don't want to hear another peep out of you. Now tuck each other in and go to sleep!" Daniel Sisco, from A Breath On Stone: New & Selected Poems by Daniel Sisco. Self-published, 2006 |
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11/23/2007 1:04 am |
I like this one. Like what he did to it in the last verse. Yes we all have to surrender to that.
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