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INSOMNEUROTIC
Poem by Kelly Daub
Music by Frederick Caballero
wind down, wind down
clear your head.
sleep, sleep now,
go to bed.
trickle, trickle,
drip, drop.
trickle, trickling,
thought, thoughts.
a plan, a checklist,
avoidance, despair,
light’s out, leg’s out,
my nose, my hair,
my child, my future,
my husband, my fate.
shut it down, shut down,
no more worry, it’s late.
wind down, slow down,
give it a rest.
sleep, sleep now,
to be at your best.
tick tock
tick tock
watching
minutes
pass
on a clock.
ten, eleven,
one, three,
gone, wasted
spent on nothing.
six, seven,
time to arise,
covers over head,
hide, hide, hide.
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