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The Wait

The more I dream
The harder to wake
Warm beneath layers
Of thick gray sheets
Calmed by gentle waves
Made from heartbeats
Quiet like the night

Deaf and only breathing

At rest
Forty-eight hours
Semi-permanent death
Avoiding the talk
Of cocaine suicide
Or homeless friends
Just a long wait
For two full days

Soon to awaken
Quick to live again

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