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a fear of cold feet

4 AM

I'm wide awake

it'sthecoffee it'sthepanic it'sthework

It's the insomnia.

 

I'm not in bed because

I'm avoiding lying awake

avoiding the realization of cold feet

avoiding permeating questions

ofgodofdeathofohmygodI'lldiealone

of why...

 

I am alone

and the city sleeps in spite of me

of me...

theremustbetheremustbe

another of me

 

we'll not sleep together

andwe'llramblewithoutpausesforhoursandhours

to each other, until we fall

to quietly

to slowly

to sleep

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