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Counting Sheep

        Nights awake dreaming

           Restlessness stalks her victim

              ~ Convalescent home

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Angela Terry

February 27, 2026 at 12:37 PM

That's an interesting twist in the last line. It is possible to dream while awake, too. Good work.

Karen Jones

February 26, 2026 at 3:24 AM

Do you have trouble sleeping dear Gershon? Great Senryu!

Kim Rodrigues

February 25, 2026 at 9:01 PM

That would be hard!

Gershon Wolf

February 25, 2026 at 9:22 PM

My second and final trip to the 'Convalescent Home.' As my former students used to define 'Convalescent Home' - a place where folks go to die. lol.

Yann Rolland

February 25, 2026 at 6:28 AM

hope this is a fiction and you get well, ( convalescent) take care poet

Gershon Wolf

February 25, 2026 at 9:20 PM

Well, it semi-fictional. I still live at home, but my lifestyle is like that of residents in a convalescent home -- although my surroundings are a whoe lot nicer. :) gw

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