Thursday, December 28, 2006

Insomnia #2

4 AM on the porch
unfiltered Pall Mall in one hand
bourbon and water in the other
watching humidity and heat compete
as, from somewhere down the road,
I hear Clapton's "Tears in Heaven"

Trying to put the spitting cobras
Back in their wicker baskets,
So I can get some sleep...
Instead, I watch the false dawn
With its false hopes and dreams
Begin a new day

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