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Interruptus
“The creak of bed springs suffering under the
weight of a restless man is as lonely a sound
as I know”--Patrick deWitt.
Things that go creak
in the night,
like
loose gates,
cranky screen doors,
hardwood floors,
broken shingles,
and misaligned aging bones--
all can wake you,
or color your dreams,
forcing you to swim
up from the maelstrom
of slumber to guppy-gulp
at consciousness.
Glenn Buttkus
Posted over at dVerse Poets Pub
17 comments:
I don't like to wake up in the night.. especially not the creaks of self
A wondrous compilation of sleep depravity's grasp.
Oh tell me about the creaky bones! Great point of unique focus there alongside the usual creaks.
And this is why I am an insomniac...the alightest noise awakens me. But in this house, not many noises, mainly the sound of the wind outside or rain. I liked this foray into insomnia a lot.
Oh, I know the feeling, Glenn. It's a job just to turn over some nights, and it doesn't help with cats lying on my hip or tucked behind my knees.
Hah! "misaligned aging bones"....yep -- in weekly physical therapy these days for just that! And then this
"guppy-gulp
at consciousness."
Lovin' your take on this one, Glenn. And the quotation you lead with is priceless :)
Hate it when I wake up to "imagined creakings" around the house ~ Hard to go back to sleep afterwards, yikes ~
Even aging bones can wake one in the night.
The end is splendiferous- forcing you to swim
up from the maelstrom
of slumber to guppy-gulp
at consciousness.
Those moments where reality darkness and dreams all mingle into one...
So many things break into sleep. I hear the mice fart.
As one of our poets said, creaks speak louder than words. I think popping joints are the worst.
This is absolutely prime! You are such a clever wordsmith!
I sometimes wake to creaking sounds. It sounds like someone is walking in the hall, but when I get up to investigate all is quiet, until I get back in bed. Finally, I just say "have fun in the hall, I'm going to sleep"
Who dares to spoil our sleep? I try to ignore mine, if I can. Haha.
"All can wake you or color your dreams"
These lines really stood out to me, the contrast and perhaps perspectives.
"All can wake you or color your dreams"
These lines really stood out to me, the contrast and perhaps perspectives.
Guppy-gulp is a great way of putting it!
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