Tag: sleep
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Insomniac
Night sweats, Sheets wet as cruel scenes stretch across my inner eyes, A gnarled and fetid pantomime of phantom frets ties silken binds across my neck and chokes me to the brink of life, Splits my mind; Half is here and half is on the other side, I’m both alive and not alive in this…
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Prelude to a Kip
Oh, why can’t I sleep? Why’s this happening again? Is that… a fox… I can hear? Or a baby in pain?! Did I lock the front door? Is the dishwasher on? What did I miss in the meeting? Did I say anything wrong? God, is that my stomach?! When did I last eat? Should I…
Serena Malcolm 