Sleeping Dogs
Sightless staring from the window
into the gaping jaws of darkness,
slowly snapping shut
in cataclysmic silence.
Nightfall drops a veil
on daylight’s tapering play;
crushed diamond velvet
closes shark-like in stealth.
Sandman’s stun-gun fires a kiss
at eyelids swept with tears;
winding down this body clock,
shutters drawn on pain.
If dreams are all the life there is,
then let them collapse the sky
to still the mouths and yellowed teeth
of sleeping dogs left to lie.
Copyright © Tony Bush | Year Posted 2005
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