SLEEP HUNTERS

Roll yourself like a coccon

or roll yourself like a mummy;

Match a coil

or light a repellant;

Close your windows at 6

or run the fan at 5;

Those tiny little bloodsuckers

always find their way to their meal by hook or by crook

Good night!

NO CHANGE and VOILA!

Straighten the wire

with your thumb,

until the unyielding wire

makes a deep reddish mark,

the reddish mark changes to a dirty black

and yet you haven’t reached that perfect straight you are expected to

 

Your hands start burning,

and yet no change.

Hours tick by,

and yet no change.

 

but suddenly, so suddenly

the staff gives a little click

and voila!