Sleep is so near
Under all the covers it is cool
Swept and hidden in blankets
Plastic, nylon, cellofane
My mouth against the thermometer
Cheats me and makes me weak from fever
And it feels like
I have forgotten something...
I drop my clothes
I drop the heat
Degree for degree
Now my hands are shaking
Worse every day
Like cesium and oxygen
I burn completely clear
And it feels like
I have forgotten something...
She is awake
I know that she is awake
I am awake
She knows that I am awake
We are awake
It looks like we
Recently awoke
And are waiting...
So near that I can smell it
Now I can relax
And outside on the stairs
The frost makes you let go
It has made it to October
Now the grass is freezing and going away
And I hate everything
That bends and goes away
She is awake
I know that she is awake
I am awake
She knows that I am awake
We are awake
It looks like we
Recently awoke
And are waiting...
Think, if I am wrong
I can be wrong...