May 16th
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NARCOLEPSY
It is a familiar tackle,
the way sleep pins you without warning
like a wave to the sand
before a lightning storm erupts in the body,
those drowsy jolts of dreaming
tangling night and day, dragging anchor
until you wake, clothes soaked with fever,
your face shining.
NARCOLEPSY
It is a familiar tackle,
the way sleep pins you without warning
like a wave to the sand
before a lightning storm erupts in the body,
those drowsy jolts of dreaming
tangling night and day, dragging anchor
until you wake, clothes soaked with fever,
your face shining.
Melanie Masson 39, Seattle
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