it’s 3:00am
again
i think
to myself
that seeing
my clock read
3:00am
as often as
i see it read
3:00pm
might suggest
that i really
ought to get
more sleep
it’s hard
though
when protesters
are shot in Egypt
when journalists
are detained with false pretense
when activists
seek shelter in embassies
when hackers
rot in prison cells
when whistleblowers
are put on trial
with all this
chaos and
injustice
i don’t understand
how anyone
in their right mind
could sleep in
peace
Aug 19, 2013
Aug 19, 2013 at 8:07 PM UTC
it’s 3:00am
again
i think
to myself
that seeing
my clock read
3:00am
as often as
i see it read
3:00pm
might suggest
that i really
ought to get
more sleep
it’s hard
though
when protesters
are shot in Egypt
when journalists
are detained with false pretense
when activists
seek shelter in embassies
when hackers
rot in prison cells
when whistleblowers
are put on trial
with all this
chaos and
injustice
i don’t understand
how anyone
in their right mind
could sleep in
peace
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