Sleep And Other Anachronisms Poem by Patti Masterman

Sleep And Other Anachronisms



Sleep lies caught up in the curtains, in day times;
Curled in on itself, against the brightness of the day,
Squinting among the abandoned dreams from last night,
Still lying scattered, like discarded New Year's decorations.

The prying eyes of the awakened world are trying, straining
To peer through each pinhole, of the loose linens's weave-
And the hands- sudden hands that clutch and move the stiff fabric aside-
More dream than real- are gone in a flash, as if they never were.

A variegated lightning storm passes among the panes
With each cars headlights, tail lights;
Flashing a warning against late sleepers, in a constant migrainiers Morse code.

Now the rain comes tap-tapping on the windows,
As if trying to awaken bleary-eyed Sleep,
From its sacrilegious habit of napping.
The thunder seems to moan distinctly; a far off deliciousness,
Murmuring about laze-a-beds, who never amount to anything..

Birds are busy outside, their beady eyes jumping
Looking for tidbits, left-overs of night terrors;
A crumb from the anachronisms of constellations now invisible,
Back from the days when they were called terrible lizards,
As the night owls hide their heads beneath their wings.

The janitor appears to sweep all the glitzy remnants away-
Some caught, some still crinkly, still iridescent with stars-
In his rake, in his brooms-
He trails the glittery fallen stars all the way to the dumpster
And deposits them there, to wait for the regenerating effects of sunset.

And sleep stretches, then; yawns indigently, and starts to stir itself finally.
A surfeit of dreams has been building all day,
Hidden from the brilliant contaminant of sun,
Peaking the mammal's melatonin,
Preparing to fill all the light with shadow, instead:
Soon the curtain comes down once more..

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Vipins Puthooran 01 September 2011

I wondered when i looked to the placing of words...a wonderful imaginated thought...those who read it must be wanting to read it again like me.. I guess..

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Jim Troy 01 September 2011

Very nice to read and enjoy and consider many things.. I love reading this one as I would a favorite book. So put together and crisp and intelligent in wording and thoughts. Shows how brilliant and highly versatile a writer you really are.. Such a marvelous talent........... Jim Troy

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