Running in and out of rooms
during the night watches
Unforeseen sleep-walking
as I glance at the clock
A little alka-seltzer
and I grab a pen to jot
thinking thot
My fingers stiff
during night watches
where I recall
yesteryears
while thinking in darkness
of the new day
about to dawn
I reach for Marley
and rouse him and
he gets to work
licking his fur
I roll over
and find a new, comfortable recline
Only in this darkness
do I ever step outside
into Aunt Mabel’s backyard
I hear the traffic
and smell summer
My father sits inside the kitchen
with coffee
as mom and Mabel
go at it
And I wander in the grass
smelling the roses
along the side fence
I think more thoughts
running into rooms of present, future and past
I look at the clock
roll over and
once again
Marley is asleep
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