Toes have lost all feeling.
Trigger finger feigns sleep
as night approaches for
the fourteenth time.
No relief.
We wait.
Wait for something new.
A stir under a bush,
light in a wet jungle
unwilling to relinquish
its charm,
hidden eyes revealed.
A faraway cough
threatens my dreams
of playgrounds and
laughing children.
A flash of fire
disrupts the cloud of
greenfinches bedding down.
All Hell awakens.
–Victoria Emmons, © 2018
When daylight offers
Nothing more than
Funny cat videos
For eight hours
And blinds are meant
To remain shuttered
Food never consumed
Nor books devoured
The real cat awakens me
Her claws prick my neck
Startle me from a dreamland
Of fanciful dancing and love
My anger frightens her and me
She finds solace under a chair
I find it online in a site
Leading me elsewhere
A story on detergent choices
Liquid, powder or pacs
To clean the oils and scents
He left on my sheets
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