dogs barked

dogs barked a lot last night

i know they saw

which i refused to see at night

as i rolled on bed at night

i also pulled to hold tight

my blanket

my eyelids too

closing very tight

my eyes though feel not

the sleep i much desired!

at dawn, from my bed i’m out

and in hand an empty wallet

but

with eyes

now

wide open!

henry victor     18.08.2007

bigger dream

the single bed that sleeps my stiff
is warm under my double blanket
and my body tries to curl
as if it has now returned to my mother’s womb

(even as my hand withdraws in
after pushing the clock’s button in
not so slowly like a snail that pulls in)

disobeying the chiropractor
and my other learned doctor
who had seen my aging indoors
the degeneration in my bone
that requires a careful
straightening even in slumbering!

and under that coverlet
my fingers cover my ears, at
the speed of a supersonic jet
that in the secret space of my heart
the call to wellness will not be felt

inside the mantle, at the end, i kill a bigger dream
a vision, like that of lincoln, king, and now, obama
that needs to be dreamed
outside the bedspread, away from a cozy bed!