- Keith Banner
No More Sleep
we won't discuss
what happens after
everything else happens
the bleary world
of un-
said shit
collapsed lungs
dogs barking backwards
sleep and then not sleep
and then
goddammit
no more sleep
the lovelife
of knick-knacks
in dusty picture window sills
let's not forget
that one quadropelegic
kid
i want to know why
sometimes
why
don't
mind
me
the parking lot
where the closed-up
big lots is
has a renegade
amusement park
in it
half-safe rides
kids
jumping up and down
other people, older and not amused,
just hanging out
eating hardee's
what is life?
what is this
thing we call life?
but then
there are the lights
like the ghosts
of multicolored
pelicans
and that sound
of fun
where fun is not
supposed to be

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