tossing and turning :3am
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why do i get this way?
why wont this feeling sleep?
why are the dogs still barking?
why isn't this beer working?
why?

names and faces fade,
but not you...
you refuse to rest.
keeping me up...
as you lay asleep.

so i find myself
in front of a
bright light and
dark keys
on a grey night.

your image tacked up
against the back of my skull:
black,inviting eyes
short brown hair,
tied back to expose
a thin brown neck.

your nose,
your lips,
your long, thin frame...
your black shoes,
with your black hat.
eyes that disappear
when your face lights up...
its all here.
keeping me up.

i need another beer,
or whiskey or wine.
anything
to put out the
fire in my eyes,
anything to forget,
anything to sleep.
i need...
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...and still nothing.