I was Rip Van Winkle
And I slept through and tinkled
in my bed when others were getting mad
I was sleeping and watching reruns of Buffy
On Channel 23 where I saw other guys like me
content to sleep the rest of the week
and others were saying let it go
and I had done that a long time ago
Awesome! I told myself to stop sleeping
but then I had a snooze and felt much better
there is nothing stronger than the body repairing itself
while it rests under a duvet safe in slumber away from harm
and machinery that could take off your arm
But today I am awake
It’s no joke
some snake bit me on the throat
now I see death when i close my eyes
so I sleep with them open.
Now I sleep with them Open.
Awake today
Awake tonight
Awake all the time day and night
Awake in my sleep
awake when we meet,
awake when we part
awake when you fart.
I am awake today
perhaps for the first time
in a long time, my eyes are bright
and not afraid of the light
streaming in like Fanta
into my vision.