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Night Shift (Free verse) by ALChemy
Empty head syndrome
plagues me lately.
That man of stone with bad posture
and Rodin
have won my sympathy.
I earn my keep while others sleep
and sleep while birds are singing.
I live in the hours of dreams
and dreams are how I'm thinking.
Beethovenâs bird calls to me
as I finish the last of my labors.
His high pitched Fifth
echoes in my cerebral chambers.
In predawn glow
I pass between the buildings.
Leary of rabid raccoons
and weary.
Concreteâs unyielding.
My feet are wearing their bones
on the outside.
My senses being
woven into cocoons.
While formaldehyde
pop machines keep things popping.
As my zombified body
eats my brain.
When Iâm finished mopping
Iâll be on the road and home again...
sleeping.
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