Monday, October 23, 2017

Interruptus



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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
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17 comments:

  1. brudbergOctober 23, 2017 at 12:08 PM

    I don't like to wake up in the night.. especially not the creaks of self

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  2. AnonymousOctober 23, 2017 at 12:10 PM

    A wondrous compilation of sleep depravity's grasp.

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  3. paul mortimerOctober 23, 2017 at 12:12 PM

    Oh tell me about the creaky bones! Great point of unique focus there alongside the usual creaks.

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  4. tonispencerOctober 23, 2017 at 12:12 PM

    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.

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  5. Kim M. RussellOctober 23, 2017 at 12:19 PM

    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.

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  6. lillianthehomepoet.wordpress.comOctober 23, 2017 at 12:22 PM

    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 :)

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  7. GraceOctober 23, 2017 at 12:26 PM

    Hate it when I wake up to "imagined creakings" around the house ~ Hard to go back to sleep afterwards, yikes ~

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  8. Frank HubenyOctober 23, 2017 at 12:27 PM

    Even aging bones can wake one in the night.

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  9. Alison HOctober 23, 2017 at 12:36 PM

    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...

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  10. Jane DoughertyOctober 23, 2017 at 1:26 PM

    So many things break into sleep. I hear the mice fart.

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  11. Vivian ZemsOctober 23, 2017 at 3:06 PM

    As one of our poets said, creaks speak louder than words. I think popping joints are the worst.

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  12. indybevOctober 23, 2017 at 3:43 PM


    This is absolutely prime! You are such a clever wordsmith!

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  13. TruedessaOctober 23, 2017 at 4:51 PM

    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"

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  14. MariaOctober 23, 2017 at 8:20 PM

    Who dares to spoil our sleep? I try to ignore mine, if I can. Haha.

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  15. MishOctober 24, 2017 at 10:45 AM


    "All can wake you or color your dreams"
    These lines really stood out to me, the contrast and perhaps perspectives.

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  16. MishOctober 24, 2017 at 10:45 AM


    "All can wake you or color your dreams"
    These lines really stood out to me, the contrast and perhaps perspectives.

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  17. AmayaOctober 24, 2017 at 11:45 AM

    Guppy-gulp is a great way of putting it!

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