Midnight Daydreams

(May 2004)

Daydreaming at midnight
     when REM should be producing
     Freudian or Jungian or Lithuanian images.

Daily lethargy induces
     drowsiness
and any inclination toward movement
     is postponed.

Propping up the pillow of low expectations
     keeps the thought of even putting on slippers
     unlikely.

The alarm should be set
     for an early wake-up call
     to dream in the daylight.