04-02-2020, 10:36 PM
Pursuits
Sleep’s a tiger some must hunt
relentlessly through trackless thickets
jungles of dark wakefulness
with beaters - music, books, and toddies -
all the night with never sight
of slinking rest.
Others find they’re fearful prey
as walking sentry-go or sitting
at a help-desk or on stakeout
sleep will sidle up beside them
purring deeply, calming, then
it eats them up.
Sleep’s a tiger some must hunt
relentlessly through trackless thickets
jungles of dark wakefulness
with beaters - music, books, and toddies -
all the night with never sight
of slinking rest.
Others find they’re fearful prey
as walking sentry-go or sitting
at a help-desk or on stakeout
sleep will sidle up beside them
purring deeply, calming, then
it eats them up.
Non-practicing atheist