sleep walk

michael raven poems February 14, 2023February 14, 2023 1 Minute

brief lives
waiting at the
diner car café
sipping at dregs
tugging shirts
with fingers
nicotine stained
that slow drag
Santo & Johnny
lap drawl
over the jukebox
languishing
in half-asleep
lumbering
lassitude

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Published February 14, 2023February 14, 2023

2 thoughts on “sleep walk”

chrisnelson61 says:

February 15, 2023 at 4:25 am

Are we all not shadows passing in the dark.
Great piece, Michael.

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1. michael raven says:
  
  February 15, 2023 at 6:56 am
  
  Thanks, my friend. There are days that I wonder…
  
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