Much Sleep Beget Lack
A smile from comfort is full of orange concentrates
get lost in it and be left behind by running mates
an intruding cold hemisphere despite room heaters
indoors all day, comes out only to drink herbal bitters
a volunteer in the workmanship of sleep’s craft
the mind is handicapped, the man then depends on his shaft
idleness becomes the CEO and trims the fingers
the curse of executively requesting for food lingers
needs run in hundreds but she’s responsible for nothing
time to sell her shoes, she’s gradually losing everything
in the home, lack has kept a space and purchased a fax
dormancy deceiving the interested and melting the only wax
fortune takes a good snapshot of him
meandering to avoid his image is the bright beam
in the resulting picture his face is blurred
stuck with poverty’s acne, begging to be cured
unknowingly finding the knockout specialist in slumber
previous attempts before the slip, wealth won’t remember
a grand scheme to eat with no plan to work
and destitution is inevitable with little attraction to luck.
Copyright © Funom Makama | Year Posted 2020
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