(Jan 22 1969 / Philadelphia, PA)

poet Ismael Rodriguez
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Night Sweats

woke up
in a cold sweat again
theses nightmares
are killing me
I grab for her hand
but her fingers
slip from my grasp
then flames rise
and consume her
no wait
I’m thirteen again
tying a rope
around my neck
then I see him
gun at his head
I scream NO! !
Don’t do it
but he pulls the trigger
that's when I wake up
SCREAMING

Submitted: Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Edited: Thursday, February 17, 2011

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