Snow Melt

Sleepless in Las Vegas

Kamál (Perfection), 16 Kalimat (Words), 165 BE – Monday, July 28, 2008 about 3:08 AM PDT

I am sleepless in Las Vegas,
it must be the humidity of the season
that gets me up at 12:30 AM
before my muse is even awake
and drives me to get on line.

I am sleepless in Las Vegas,
waiting for the alarm to sound
I blog about the persistence it takes
to be a writer,
or about taking after my Grandmother Newland
who did housework
when she couldn't sleep,
or about being
sleepless in Las Vegas.

I am sleepless in Las Vegas,
as I listen to the dryer
drying the load of cloths
I had to wash before I can
get ready for work.

I am sleepless in Las Vegas
wishing I were sleepless in Haifa
waiting to go to the shrines on Mount Carmel.

I am sleepless in Las Vegas,
knowing that gas prices will go up again this weekend
and hoping my check will be enough
to get gas and pay my Internet provider.