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[aid] => mick
[title] => i can't sleep again
[time] => 2009-11-07 16:31:03
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[bodytext] => I cant sleep again No medication to rhythmically rock me into artificial slumber Sagging black bags rest on my eyelids I am a patron saint of the throbbing temple I pray by tossing and turning Burning in sweat Cursing my self for burden of rough nights followed by Rougher mornings I wake up to the shrill laughter of my alarm clock Bad ideas flow through rusty pipes and faulty wiring in my head The lifelong length of rope im walking on has a half life Cause I only half live white light and cleansing pain carress the back of my eyes as I pack salt into an open head preserving the brain for a day I might need to use it the humid scent of broken knuckles almost the clicking of ruby heels all I want is to go home I ride my own sanity down 24 sleepless hours of yellow bricks Sticking to my gut I hear the distant resonance of my own footsteps I follow them to my bed Except this time im not guided by ten milligram inhibiters Cool as the other side of that pill I sleep [comments] => 2 [counter] => 284 [topic] => 60 [informant] => simonwrite [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => insomniac )
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