Letting Go …

Sitting in
my mother’s final
sleeping room
weeping to
the sound of Perry Como
as I watch her go.

skat@2019

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Mondaze

7:00 a.m, warm
quicksand sucks me back under …
for another doze.

skat@2018

Shadorma #26

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This morning,
you roused me from the
deepest sleep,
to show me
a skunk was in our garden,
but it had slunk off.

skat@2018

Hot-footing It

By the time I think
To yank off my bed-socks, I’ve
Fallen back to sleep.

skat@2017

Faux Hawk

Short docked hair looks good
until you sleep like a rock.
Now, where’s my hoodie?

skat@2017