sleep fled furtively
to remain in hiding
until the laziness
of the weekend to come

i lay awake
with the desire
to be lulled back
by the womb-like warmth
and the deep black

then i realized
the day had
already summoned
with unquestioning
authority, to arise.

1.13.17

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