THE LAST TWO DAYS

Falling asleep reading a book about falling asleep
waking up and reading more
treasuring the thinking dreamtime that happens at 8 o'clock over anything
losing nights-out to it
disappearing from companions becoming
sleepily hermetic
a shadow of a voice they knew now always half lidded
engaging in conversation with a sense of tired duty then shuffling to the nearest
sunny patch of grass or bare mattress
It could be a reaction to the successes of friends or eating too much dairy or just
some kind illness.

I am learning nothing except that
half-dreams are twice as hard to remember.

- sam