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Slumbering Secrets
In a hot car
on sticky leather seats
my head bounces
in rhythm to the pot holed road.
Curled up in wool
for a midday snooze
like a kitten
before a toasty fireplace.
With exhausted eyelids
in a small corner hidden from view
my head rests on an open textbook
in a silent library.
I burrito in a blanket
in the middle of an open room
no available couch space.
I wedge between the front and back
of a half slab of rock
on a school bus.
The sun beats down
arms slip
through holes of a hammock
swaying in the summer breeze.
Across plastic chairs
during study hour
I hide from homework
and responsibilities.
On lazy spring Sundays
after a filling breakfast
on a timeworn couch.
Head in hand
during a mundane lecture
I drift in and out of sleep.
While rain pounds
and lightning strikes
I burrow under many warm covers
in the darkness of my bedroom.
I slouch in the rough seat
and listen to a baby wail
no comfortable spot to discover.

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