by Susie M. Arviso

Created on: December 16, 2011   Last Updated: March 22, 2012

The Nighttime Blues

Blankets - a tangle

In sleepless bemuse

With pillows, I wrangle

Endless positions

Yet, no rest ensues

And no remission

With the nighttime blues

Restless and bloodshot

Nothing is working

Incessant in what-not

Cussing and jerking

I've got the nighttime blues

In this war for my rest

My sleep is askew

In sleepless molest

Just when I think

I'm starting to fall

The nighttime blues

Returns in a squall

No rest for the weary

No snooze - I lose

Nothing is cheery

With the nighttime blues

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