Awake for over twenty-four hours
at work on a project
pulling an all-nighter
far easier when I was far younger
My clock got sluggish at three A.M.
and all I hear in my
head is Cat Stevens
singing ‘Morning has Broken…’
I need to add
‘… and there aint enough
Gorilla Glue in Minnesota to fix it.’
so while I wholeheartedly agree
with Mister Stevens
maybe I’ll just stay awake.
– Mark L. Lucker
© 2022
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Nice! I love the juxtaposition of the personal struggle to stay awake with a light touch of metaphor drawn from others.
Thanks.
I was lured by you title. Apt! The title and body remind me of the reason for this poem, marathon. We all deprived ourselves sleep. It worth it!
Thank you for this gift of words.
Look at this:
Dear friend, we can connect on social media if you don’t mind.
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Too funny, my friend! I really missed our group chatting this year, though. While it made it harder to get poems done every hour, the connection with everyone was such fun and really helped to stay awake.
Yeah, I missed that this year. But every year is different, right? Big things again in ’23!
You spoke for all of us Mark.
To write like that at hour 24, bravo!
Thank you. This one came surprisingly easy!
Amazing poem for hour 24. I love this imagery,
“pulling an all-nighter
far easier when I was far younger.”
Thank you, Maritza. That line was easy…because it’s true! 😉