If Sleep Should Not Come

Meander through longing Senseless obstruction Yearning and endless construction Sandboxes like sidecars Where dad grew his garden In spite of desert curses and a Scotsmen's burden Candor compelling Bacchus foretelling That echoes of cathedrals Malicious and congealed are nauseous from overeating Abraham and elephants Skeletons of lambs and narcoleptic Dentist's performing puppetry, eccentric Industrial and frugal maneuvers Mini-vans and paid vacations Decadent, cathartic celebrations Apathetic phantasms of recreation Dysfunctional and mortal intruders Big hips, broad shoulders Satan's tango, feint aromas Decimating monotones Kingdoms and hippodromes Mermen write valentines Millennium Mambo Resuscitating overtures Running baths with clementines Slit wrists and broken strollers Plankton choke on paper roses Set aside like cardboard boxes That whistle in the wind