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There's a saxophonist that insists on keeping me awake Blaring, drowning in the noise Taking in spit and saliva from the reed And going at it again With fervorous gusts of screeches and yells There's a horse that insists on keeping me awake Neigh, he says, to the summer heat And say he does, proclaim he does Loudly, proudly, ever more The morning light rises above him There's cicadas insisting on keeping me awake Buzz, chirp, skree, zumm That is what they say, and what a fruitful talk I'm sure it must be riveting since they want me to hear it If only I spoke their tongue There's a brain that insists on keeping me awake Loud yells of bygone memories Honest mistakes of the last decade Fears of tomorrow, fears of today What's the saxophone, horse and cicadas matter if I couldn't sleep anyway?
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Jun 23, 2021
Jun 23, 2021 at 9:51 AM UTC
Insomnia
There's a saxophonist that insists on keeping me awake Blaring, drowning in the noise Taking in spit and saliva from the reed And going at it again With fervorous gusts of screeches and yells There's a horse that insists on keeping me awake Neigh, he says, to the summer heat And say he does, proclaim he does Loudly, proudly, ever more The morning light rises above him There's cicadas insisting on keeping me awake Buzz, chirp, skree, zumm That is what they say, and what a fruitful talk I'm sure it must be riveting since they want me to hear it If only I spoke their tongue There's a brain that insists on keeping me awake Loud yells of bygone memories Honest mistakes of the last decade Fears of tomorrow, fears of today What's the saxophone, horse and cicadas matter if I couldn't sleep anyway?
I wrote this two weeks ago, but I figured I should share.
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Jun 23, 2021
Jun 23, 2021 at 9:51 AM UTC
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