night thoughts 04/11/10

my thoughts roll
around and around
like bits of paper caught
in an Alabama twister
slower and faster
like rush hour traffic
mixed with long empty roads
speeding and jerking
each demanding
my full attention
like a room filled with
attention-deprived three-year-olds
each crowding past the others
trying to get to the front
like filene's running of the brides
each one louder then the others
until i cannot hear through the din
but
still silent enough
that my wife sleeps next to me
completely undisturbed

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