Poetry Friday: Insomnia

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I wrote this poem in the middle of the night. I’m sure you can deduce what I was doing at the time from the poem.

Dear Brain

Please shut up so I
can sleep.

Ideas I have will
surely keep.
Please shut up so I
can sleep.

You’re really ‘bout to make
me weep.
Please shut up so I
can sleep.

I told you, not a-
nother peep!

Please shut up so I
can sleep!

~By Amanda L Webster

This week’s Poetry Friday is hosted by The Iris Chronicles.

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