Poetry Wakes Me

Poetry wakes me from my dead dreams.
I am like a woman who has been entombed.
My eyes pop open in a vampire-ish way.
My arms stretch out of my coffin bed.

What do you want? I ask Poetry.
Irritated, I look around in the dark.
Where is he? Where did he go?
Giving me only the last line again. I hate that!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Agbonifo Avatar
April 20, 2020 at 11:32 AM
You console me with this, this often happens to me. I taught it was because I am a young writer.
Krutsinger Avatar
April 20, 2020 at 11:52 AM
No. It is because writing often teases us in our sleep, waking us up with the last line to torment us the rest of the day.
Wolf Avatar
April 20, 2020 at 1:12 AM
Oh, but this DOES happen! ~ Robbed again
Krutsinger Avatar
April 20, 2020 at 11:52 AM
It really does.
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