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Impending Sense of Nap

Brain is crackling, crisp, ivory bone dry
Gremlin stuffing cotton behind my eyes

Head begins to swell with torpidity
Vivid mind fading to transparency

Internal membranes breaking down
Thoughts run a deep molasses brown

'Tween thought and motion, expanding rift
Act of sheer will, the body to lift

Limbs grow wooden, ready to fall
Seek out the blessed horizontal

Cover exhaustion with soft frayed quilt
Self-indulgent moment’s guilt

Serotonin sleep dump almost disappointing
Blessed moment of irresponsibility ending

Leaden lids descend on eyes
Fading into a sky blue paradise

3/25/16

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Poet Destroyer A

Date: 4/27/2016 11:11:00 PM

Hi Tom, Congrats on your fine couplet win. LINDA

Sandra Haight

Date: 4/15/2016 2:24:00 PM

Wonderfully done and very relaxing as I read this, Tom! Congratulations on your fine win. Sandra

Tom Quigley
Date: 4/18/2016 10:42:00 AM

Guess I conveyed what I meant, then! Thanks.

Beautiful Scars

Date: 4/15/2016 9:00:00 AM

Tom, very clever and I love the first stanza, so true...thank you for being a part of my contest and congrats on your win :)-luloo

Tom Quigley
Date: 4/18/2016 10:42:00 AM

Thanks Laura!

Timothy Hicks

Date: 3/30/2016 12:27:00 AM

This was totes adorbes, my friend. And wow. What a sense of elaborating details "the blessed horizontal" "thoughts run a deep molasses brown" ... I wish I could have gotten into more horizontal hijinks these past few days with the ongoing yard-sale ... talk about a yawn-fest on the weekdays. Really think I ought to add this to my faves, because I'm a sucker for dogs (and especially pups) ... your title is Golden.

Tom Quigley
Date: 3/30/2016 8:41:00 AM

Thanks, Timothy!