Paradoxical Sleep
I have been wakeful at night
And words have come to me
Out of their deep caves
Needing to be remembered…Wendell Berry
The noesis of my learning
Follows me everywhere,
Overrules the depths of sleep,
I have been wakeful at night.
I toss about in a sea of knowledge,
Pitched in a tumultuous storm
Neurons flashing like lightning,
And words have come to me
Images of the perfect poem
Fly around like rabid bats
Chasing air- breathing arthropods
Out of their deep caves
Syntax and substance are drowsy,
Yawning in these early morning hours.
I jot notes, lest I forget half-asleep, words
Needing to be remembered.
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