Nathaniel Köhp Poet Free verse

Insomnia

I am red as murder
I have done it again
Incarnadine and destructable
I have done it again
My hideous trick

The lids eclipse my hollows
Nothing. My body lies to me
And breathes a web of smog
If I trap the dirty oxygen
Just long enough

I have done it again
My body ticks relentlessly
And evaporates mouthful after curdled mouthful

I feel like a red balloon
Bursting a birth of shadows
To die
To die by science
And swallow those missiles.

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Susan Palli March 2, 2010 at 9:38 AM My body ticks relentlessly, how appropriate. Very well expressed. I sent you a soup mail. Susan

Susan Palli February 20, 2010 at 7:45 AM I also wrote a poem called insomnia

Hana Ryusaka October 5, 2009 at 4:27 PM I think the repetition of "I have done it again" brings the effect of the piece over SO well. The end stanza is absolutely amazing (as always) but I love this line most, "If I trap the dirty oxygen Just long enough" Love you, Bugsy! Daffodil

Sara Kendrick October 5, 2009 at 4:16 AM Interesting comparisons here. Keep writing. Sara

Krystal Cochrane October 4, 2009 at 9:23 PM I admire your ability to create vivid imagery for a condition such as insomnia. Well Done. ~KC~