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A Beckett Character Goes to Sleep
by James Shammas (Age: 44)
copyright 05-25-2006


Age Rating: 10 to 127

 
There is a face I hid today:
Just a glimpse,
And one of some

Inside a flask beside my bed
That I keep tight
Below the light.

Now and then I put it on,
And the yellow light
That I must work--

Really work:

Light of life stuck in a jar,
Blinded bright,
An artificial light

Beside my side
Where I had slept,
Had slept before--

Before tall Time
And empty
Pleasantries.

O, is it necessary

To search the seas in a prescription jar
Beside my bed
Where all seemed wed,

There, near the night-light long,
Where I once slept with him,
My brother twin?--

Or was it my wife in a bottle too?--
Gently wooing,
The universal soothing,

Where all was borrowed, dead, or bled,
Stretched out on this,
My prison bed.

O, I know it well:
Though each one comes and goes,
We sleep alone,

But for

One sane flash, a lucky flicker,
When each comes home--
Each last and every one.




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06-02-2006 Richard Reed Jr    

In the midst of the crowd
one can feel
quite, quite
.................................

Life is your message
life is your tale
it's not the message in your life that's important
it's the life in your message.

your life messages and poetry keep me up!

Love you like a brother, Jimmy.

Thanks for the read,

reed
05-15-2006 Regina Pate    

I know what it's like to go to bed alone, and I also know what it's like to drink alone so I don't care. But it never seems to work. After two years I am still not used to sleeping alone. Sleeping in a bed that was ment for two, I can't, I quit, I refuse, I'm through. Keep your hopes burning bright, face your fears, nows the time to shine. Thoughts become things, So think positive and follow your heart. Great write, good job, thanks,

Regina Pate
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