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Night-Shift.(Poem)
Quadrant
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June 01, 2005 |
Edgar, Suzanne |
COPYRIGHT 2005 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright
NIGHT-SHIFT
Waiting for light
I breathe in, and out.
There was a nightmare riding hard
its neck all flecked with sweat,
hoof-beat and heart-beat
racing past my severed head
face upwards in a swamp.
I knew the thud of panic,
legs that would not move.
Thought brings no relief,
dawning fears are worse for being real.
Deadlines leer, a quarrel unresolved.
At last a peal of magpies
rinses morning air.
The spines of books are there
and ...
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