We sleep like machine guns in the night:
Haiku and non-Haiku - by Bil Johnson

you came with the rain
riding in on the thunder
heart beat. lightning bolt.
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hands grasping mouth want
eyes search wide alive alert
toes splayed legs stretching
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4.8.9

in late night hours
great horned owl singing dreams
jack stirs in deep sleep
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our sleep comes in bursts
like sniper shots in the dark
Pop Pop Pop. silence
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I have seen
the utilitarian
beauty of the breast
mother. nature.
mother. nurture.
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rapid-fire
sleeping sessions
sparked by hours of
mindfulness
attentive playfulness
bouts of life
small fits of energy
ensure tonights rest
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