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Goodnight....Sleep Tight.

As daylight ebbs comfy folds of colorful quilts wrap around the land sending it into blissful slumber. Sunset nods listlessly its orange glow stretch and yawn before receding to distant shores. Mountains shrink to grotesque shapes as a playful moon skips high into the sky teasing shapes on the earth below. Night creatures rejoice setting up a cacophony of sounds that urge us into a place of peaceful Neverlands. Tree shadows stark against the darkness weave a drunken path in eerie silence to the sound of their own befuddled music while the moon flings these unwelcome guests against houses and skyscrapers on high. Old buildings creak with weariness brittle joints bowing under the weight of daily toil Airplanes drone weary to the bones eager for rest on the runway 's breast. Neon lights flit and swirl a disco rythm throbbing heartbeats in the night while light bulbs doze under dusty shades. Later yet the snore of man strikes the final gong long before the wake-up tap of the rising sun.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2007




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