04-20-2015, 06:41 PM
< when you're asleep >
when you're asleep
the tooth faerie comes looking
chairs stand still
beds behave badly
dust never sleeps
shadows move
what's under the bed waits
storms storm
daemons pause above you
clocks tick then tock then tick then tock
angles of death ignore you (for the moment) and move on
ceilings droop, their plaster fingers reach out for you
your polyester blanket thinks it's wool
(moths just sneer and move on)
someone beside you snores
(or was that you?)
dust sees your death
(ashes do too)
- - -
when you're asleep
the tooth faerie comes looking
chairs stand still
beds behave badly
dust never sleeps
shadows move
what's under the bed waits
storms storm
daemons pause above you
clocks tick then tock then tick then tock
angles of death ignore you (for the moment) and move on
ceilings droop, their plaster fingers reach out for you
your polyester blanket thinks it's wool
(moths just sneer and move on)
someone beside you snores
(or was that you?)
dust sees your death
(ashes do too)
- - -
a brightly colored fungus that grows in bark inclusions

