http://amphibi.us Thu, 17 May 2012 00:15:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://amphibi.us/all/sleeping/ http://amphibi.us/all/sleeping/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:31:57 +0000 Shannon Peil http://amphibi.us/?p=2561 I gave into sleep today
Folded myself so small, that
I made friends with my knees
Played with my hair
And refused to let myself snore.

I woke at 19:45, stretched and dozed again
Straight into REM, and dreams of you
The pang in my conscience
The hole in my heart.

I sleep until I am empty,
Blank enough for a thought to come along.
Enter me, inspire me, cause me to wake
Allow me some actions
So that I may throw open the shutters
That obscure the outside world, so I can
Clean my apartment
Make that call or run that hill
And find myself in your space
Asking you the important things
Like how do we get back.

© Mark Follows, 2010

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rolling up hard and easy, in through the doors,
leaving hard men at the door, radio’s in ears; posturing, pruning.
He is coming here because of his flair,
Because of the no little love,
the wash out show of hands,
The bottom of your eye.

He is dead at home,
Past a broken bone, and now,
Here to cook for you, the camera, the millions displaced, without borders,
He will show you what he can do with a knife,
Sashimi, Pears shaped like Madonna, courgette flowers,
beef you can see through.

He starts by making a dragon out of a croissant,
This from the man they used to say rode horses,
On tomatoes,
This from the man who built on children,
And broke butterflies.

© Mark Follows, 2010

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