Half day around
the world again.

Halfway
indisposed.

Halfway living.
Halfway comatose.

Knows the prose
but doesn’t get show.

Waiting for
the bells to stop.

Back to the
click clack.

Freedom from
A tic tac.

Needing some
composure.

Maybe
a deadlock.

Maybe need some
stop repeat.

Do it three, OCD
dream stampede.

Sickness find me
In my sleep.

I can’t dream
the dream stampede.

Falling asleep
from NyQuil.

Picking
this poem up.

It’s still
got potential.

Rhyming like
a waiter

waiting for
a table.

Hodgepodge of
dodge cast.

Rhyming ’cause
my mind everlasts.

Since the
last update

my mind is a
ticking timebomb.

Sing a new psalm,
keep mind going

when I’m over
baked, over done.

Frozen and
high strung,

Not bothering
anyone but me.

I don’t mind
the WiFi mind.

Speaker speaking
my mind along.

 

Jason Wright is the editor and founder of Oddball Magazine. His column appears weekly. His third book, Train of Thought 2: Almost Home is available now at the Oddball Book Store.