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i didn't sleep a

wink

last night

i cannot tell you why

at the edge

of slumber i lay

feeling neither

low nor high

i didn't sleep a

wink

last night

the morning saw me

arise all dazed

just another day at the office

i thought

groggy, frizzled

and fazed

i didn't sleep a

wink

last night

inside

i'm a jittery

fucking mess

the coffee's just

not strong enough

and my motivation

even less

i didn't sleep a

wink

last night

i tossed and turned

all night

wide eyed,

wired and trembling

grudgingly welcoming

the light

i didn't sleep a

wink

last night

a truly harrowing

and un-nerving ordeal

every time

i thought i was asleep

i was there for ever

and here for real