author’s note:
I really wouldn’t want my sleep to be too comfortable. Comfortable sleep, comfortable life--what’s the gain?
DIVING
I wake up with
a whale hump
beneath my
dream pillow
in the dragnet
of the night.
I adjust this
oil lamp
under my head--
a semi-comfortable rest, at best--
then take a deep breath--
hoping for something
that gives me hope--
or if not that, then
a rock to
gnaw on
all the next day--
and dive down once again.
© 2006, Michael R. Patton
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