Deep Sleep Poem by John Sensele

Deep sleep, don't let me creep, trip and weep alone
In my bed at night when I lay my head on a mobile phone
Ringtone blown away by travails availed in my sleazy state of mind
When tomorrow's sorrows in gallows grow callow and blind.

Deep sleep, weep, reap and strip for me no more
For in my dream ford I peel off my world and pore
Over loftier lights, livelier heights and hungrier appetites
Although dough ditches my wallet and switches to sultry sights and blanched bites.

Deep sleep, sweep away merriment memories and wipe my diary
Clean of clues my austere hostess curses in the aviary
Where I fly away like Icarus to kiss the sun, the moon and stars
That populate, osculate and ovulate in kayak cars and bohemian bars.

Deep sleep, my coveted companion and Siamese servant
Don't let me my evolution confession and devotion profession recant
Cos the will to live and the zeal to give happiness
To the poor and to their power are fast freezing into seedy sounds of sadness and disorderliness.