no great shakes
I've been awake before
but I slept for almost an ever
which is two points adrift of
a forever.

There are forty two cracks
in the ceiling
not counting the ones I'm
unsure of,
sometimes there are shadows
like lovers in the back rows
of cinemas from long ago,
mainly memories.

but another twenty hours to midnight,
sleep tight they said and
then they let me fall,

being awake
feels like drowning
without the water unless it's
raining
which it isn't.