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Suburban Spleen (Villanelle) by Sasha
Suburban Spleen
Sleep in. It isnât worth the yawn,
The bookshelved room, the scheduled day.
There are no colors in the dawn.
Payrollâs too bored to note youâre gone
And, since youâre bored enough to stay,
Sleep in. It isnât worth the yawn
To watch the rain fall on your lawn
From clouds that bleach the world away.
There are no colors in the dawn.
Though sunlight tries your curtainâs brawn
With the nuisance of a ray,
Sleep in. It isnât worth the yawn
To lose the gold and crimson drawn
By your unconcious brain at play.
(There are no colors in the dawn.)
Dream of your crown, dear pawns. Dream on,
Young hopes in your gray heads. Today
There are no colors in the dawn.
Sleep in. It isnât worth the yawn.
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