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Lullaby (Free verse) by Goad
Late in my dream I discovered
that the important thing
had escaped from the engine
and so I began to make friends
with the mud of my new home.
I discovered that you had given up
on sleeping
and a cold dry woman told me
to go home and stop knocking. She said
Daddy wasnât planning on
buying no more stuff.
When I woke up there was a little pouch
under my pillow,
sewn from the rough-haired leather
of a pigâs ear
and the little pouch was empty.
I went in and looked at myself naked
under the naked light bulb
and a spider backed away
into the corner.
I was looking through the different kinds of pills
I have left over from the last time
we fought this war,
and I couldnât find the one I need--
but now Iâm gonna sing you a lullaby
so at least weâll have something.
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