Sleep On My Mind
S - Sleep - the time for siesta -
L - lots of folks lie down at midday.
E - Extreme heat requires naps after
E - earth's equatorial high noon.
P - People in restful pursuit.
O - Of course, children have time-out
N - needing at least forty winks.
M - Meditating artists doze while
Y - Yoga practitioners slumber.
M - Motion ceases when the banker nods
I - in the lightest of reveries. Meantime
N - nudging my lethargic side, I
D - drop all labor and stop to snore.
~~~~~Check the last words in each line for a poem within the poem.~~~~~
"Siesta - midday after noon pursuit.
Time-out winks while slumber nods.
Meantime, I snore."
May 12, 2014
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