it is two a.m.
I am usually not up until three
the witching hour
I stare at the clock
how did my guides get this wrong?
Maybe they are on Eastern time
Silly of them
I could close my eyes
But I know better
I am up now
which means I am up
I will be sorry later
Shades of every color nap behind my eyes
hoodwinked by sleep I forget to remember
the chosen colors of my last sunrise;
Yes, its a game she likes to play,
hide then seek until tomorrow
waiting for my open-eyes,
"dawn's debut "
While I, knee deep in slumber
follow the reel in black and white,
she fans her skirts on Eastern time
while I embed at nine;
I claim the color black and sleep until dawn,
beneath the azure memory, of her brawn .
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August 28, 2021
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I'm reading weird stuff about how time is not real,
so, I'm counting steps and watching
how clocks tend to watch each other.
Inside Trader Joe's, kids arrive out of nowhere,
of course, I am in the fancy snack aisle,
and small aliens are always popping in and out
of those candy dreams.
I look at my ten-dollar watch,
amazingly it is still working after 2 months of hard use,
It's about 10 minutes slow,
or is this Eastern time zone too fast?
The parking lot traffic is crawling or has come to a halt.
Clearly marked time-shifting spaces try hard to avoid
random dings.
Back home, I open the weird book again.
It explains that even now, in another reality,
I am being placed on a booster seat
in an intergalactic vehicle
clearly yelling for more candy.
Can you see that it's time
With no watch on your arm
Is there hope to survive
If you've done bought the farm
When all things feel right
Does the moment just flow
How can a man say
What he doesn't know
If your neck deep in the stream
Shouldn't you know how to swim
If there's truth in the ring
Should you step out and give in
Do all mountain tops
Come with a slope
How can a man reach the heights
If his life view is low
Are you late to the central
In Eastern time
If it's really that simple
Then why's it so hard to find
Have you often faltered
Where you've clearly been
How can a man love
If he's never let love in
If your deep in the dream
Can you be what you want to be
If your dream was a train
Would it run out of steam
Could you hold onto the promise
If the words aren't there to lend
How can a man start over
Once he's reached his end
MH
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