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4 30 Am When Sheep Leap and Lay In a Heap

It's 4:30am and I can't sleep, the sheep leap and lay in a heap, told me they're tired and got shut eye, even my own mind has shunned I, lets just freestyle this rhyme and see where it goes, it beats laying in the dark watching that ghost, across the room that never comes close, my mind protects itself from some images, probably awake cus my dreams have edges, nothing on the tele but Teleshopping, trying to sell pots pans and mops but I'm channel hopping, maybe I should count that instead of sheep to drop off, it's dark and rainy outside and there's strange noises up in the loft, I don't really care though as long as they stay there, if it's burglars it's funny cus they'll hide til all clear here, and what weirdo would brake into and burgle the attic first, a junkie on crack thinking he's superman singing Fred Durst, Limp Bizkit I want a biscuit in a whiskey, I'm tired now I've bored myself, I expect I'll sleep in a minute, this poems over matey, find something else.

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Date: 12/22/2018 10:21:00 PM
Sort of a "stream of consciousness" write, Nick. Had I heard the noise in the attic, it would have concerned me, but I admire the way you just stay in bed waiting for sleep to come. Some nights are like that. Congratulations on your win in Brian's contest, Carolyn
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Date: 12/19/2018 11:24:00 AM
Hello Nick, so you can not sleep ... a cup of lavender tea will make you sleep. it works for me. Or read a good book until you are sleepy. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Have a nice day my friend.
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Date: 12/19/2018 10:15:00 AM
Hahahaha! Great write... ;)
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Date: 12/19/2018 2:02:00 AM
I'm sorry you suffered insomnia, Nick but not that you wrote this amusing poem as a result! 'The sheep leap and end up in a heap' - what an image! I should take the ladders up to the loft in the daylight hours though!
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Date: 12/19/2018 1:40:00 AM
If this is a one off you're lucky, wait till you get older, it becomes the norm, 2.00am, 3.00am , man it sucks. But then some of us don't need beauty sleep,we're beautiful enough lol.
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Date: 12/18/2018 11:07:00 PM
lol, oka, onto your next poem then
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Date: 12/18/2018 11:09:00 PM
lol, I'm going to sleep, that was a random write of mine lol
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Date: 12/18/2018 11:09:00 PM
lol, I'm going to sleep, that was a random write of mine lol

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