I lie here, watching seconds slide away,
\nWith pre-dawn colours lighting up the sky,
\nAnd wish I could command sleep: “go” or “stay”
\nAnd know that it would mock me if I try.
\nGreat roaring yawns rip through me with each breath
\nDemanding I drop everything and snooze.
\nAs soon as I begin to droop, excess
\nOf undreamt dreams assault my senses, too!<\/p>\n
Perhaps the half would have been wise at first,
\nI didn’t think that I would have to train!
\nKicked off with such an energetic burst,
\nThen fizzled after midnight, the acclaim
\nNo longer strong enough to dull the thirst
\nFor R.E.M. sleep, or a working brain.<\/p>\n
Form: Sonnet.<\/p>\n
I started this in hour fifteen, and fell asleep at the computer. Here it is then, the hurdle that felled me. Catching up would be easy enough, but not in line with the rules. One poem an hour… and I slept for two-and-a-half hours straight. I dream pretty vividly, but not in verse.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I lie here, watching seconds slide away, With pre-dawn colours lighting up the sky, And wish I could command sleep: “go” or “stay” And know that it would mock me if I try. Great roaring yawns rip through me with each breath Demanding I drop…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":316,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[969,968,1053],"class_list":["post-12039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings","tag-defeated-by-sleep","tag-fifteenth-hour","tag-hour-15-unofficial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12768,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12039\/revisions\/12768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}