A Short Nod to Earth Day By A Sleep-Deprived Human
(With Apologies to Mama Earth)
©April 22nd, 2018
By Vijaya Sundaram
Earth-Day’s Birth-Day
Barely saw the sky today
Didn’t make it out today,
See things growing green.
In a dark room
Middle-of-the-afternoon
Sound and light, and laugh-room
Heard a vixen scream.
Good-night, sleep tight
Sleep until the daylight
See your breath in dream-light
In the In-Between.
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