Sleepless at 4 AM
fistful of glitter in the deep-azure sky
Jupiter and Mars rising in the East
meteor across the heart of the Swan
and I
touch the doorknob to go back inside
touch the doorknob to close the door
lock it against all the bad things out there
make my ablutions at the kitchen sink
age-yellowed Ivory soap and hot water
for your penance say one Our Father (17 seconds)
and one Hail Mary (12 seconds)
pat your hands dry
be clean
and go the hell to bed
The narcissistic primarily autobiographical blog of the pseudonymous d.b. echo
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