me and Hypnos

have never seen eye to eye.

how could we?

he closes mine nightly.

He is

a kin to oblivion

a chum of death

enemy of consciousness

thief of hours

scourge of productivity

what wonders do I miss,

     you somnolent bastard,

          when you swallow the world

          and tuck awareness into your crypt?

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