Wednesday, September 30, 2009

New Beginnings: Greetings from Purgatory

White walls, half concrete and half plaster, blur the edges of my workspace
In the infomercial hours of the night,
as I'm chugging away at my laptop,
sometimes I can't discern the borders of the room,
transforming my bed into an island
Sailor's pinstriped sheets adorn a bed large enough for three
Berber carpet waves of sleep depraved dizziness help pull down the anchors on my eyelids
All's well for a while,
but the stars don't come out here.