3/24/2003

Slept
through the night
waking
half an hour
before
the alarm went off.
Mid morning
thought
I might be
coming down
with something
but decided
it was
hyper thought
coming to a stop
creating
a dazed condition
in which intermittent
auditory transmissions
from birds
and passersby
disoriented me
in daylight
so bright
it caused me
to narrow my eyes
and
momentarily wish
the generator
hadn’t quit.
Tried
to walk off
the bedazzling
with
only partial success.
I left the office
thinking
what I needed
was
more exercise
but
got home
and
went to bed instead
where I slept
as if
nothing else
were possible.
It is
what happens next
and when
I must
sleep walk toward
that
unnerves me.