Loneliness and exhaustion
are the twin terrors
of middle age
although I’ve been tired
since 7th grade
and when not tired
I’ve been poor
(poverty has always been
the price of sleep)
But lately, loneliness is worse
feeling like a hone stone
on a dwindling blade
I buy dope as a prophylactic
sometimes it works
I’m frightened of sobriety
the solitary hours
in front of the TV
the relentless
mornings.
Jon Bennett writes and plays music in San Francisco.
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