Thursday, 26 April 2012

Notes from a Heavy Sleeper

When he mentions the fire alarm
that woke everyone during the night,
I stare off in the distance, vacant,
as I try to grasp hold of a feeling
or a sound to tie me to the moment.

A memory flashes across my mind
but it slips through my fingers
like the coarse ribbon of a helium
balloon drifting off into the night.

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