FIVE 17-SYLLABLE NERVOUS NOISES POEMS

FIVE 17-SYLLABLE

NERVOUS NOISES POEMS

1

She hears the floors creak,

the pipes whistle, and she tells me

“Just go to sleep.”

2

I blame myself. Who in his right mind

reads Lovecraft before dozing off?

3

Maybe there are lost souls

caught inside the bedroom walls.

Are they weeping?

4

Noises should be self-assertive,

not namby-pamby sounds

that scare mice.

5

Writing poems,

I prefer the titter of random sounds,

not of silence.

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