– What is the night?
– Almost at odds with morning, which is which.
I carry the knives
I’m twisted in white sheets
maggot woman
cocooned murder
your bad dreams conceived me
their sticky bodies
sliced the moon
cut her up
and my eyes ignited
you fucking pathetic little man
Research has linked insomnia to high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, diabetes, and other ailments.
but who cares
I’m made of milk and curses
shadow light
a ghost in the crowd streaming towards the Bakerloo Line
bitter laughter
eyes without a face
maybe I don’t want to sleep
maybe I don’t need to
in and out of day’s delirium
if we can’t rest
if we have no home no bed
we can still lose definition
in the fission of bodies
Insomnia symptoms may include: difficulty falling asleep at night; waking up during the night; waking up too early; not feeling well-rested after a night’s sleep; daytime tiredness or sleepiness; irritability, depression or anxiety.
easy for you to say
when I was driving back from the West Country I thought I saw you standing
by the roadside with blood
on your face
don’t ask me to be reasonable
don’t ever demand that of me
I’m a corpse in white sheets
kiss me
see if I wake up
when I was driving back I thought I saw you
with blood
in out
in out
shake it all about
you screamed so loud my ears rang
afterwards we partied hard
Eve Black writes poems. Twitter: @Ev3diary.
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