an incomplete nightmare
leaves a sense of being cheated -
as if we wanted the boogie man
to make it back into the closet with our mother,
the pursuing vampire
to lay cold lip against our necks,
the more pedestrian pursuit by police
to catch us as we run from some vague crime of
being.
the dog barks,
a daughter announces in your ear she can't sleep,
your wife turns on the bathroom light
and closure, terrible and absurd as it is,
fails
and the world of dreams is left awry
leaves a sense of being cheated -
as if we wanted the boogie man
to make it back into the closet with our mother,
the pursuing vampire
to lay cold lip against our necks,
the more pedestrian pursuit by police
to catch us as we run from some vague crime of
being.
the dog barks,
a daughter announces in your ear she can't sleep,
your wife turns on the bathroom light
and closure, terrible and absurd as it is,
fails
and the world of dreams is left awry
aslant
adrift
amiss
positively akimbotoo much like the waking time.
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