Catching up on Sleep

i go to bed early

to catch up on my sleep

but my sleep

is a slippery customer

it bobs and weaves

and leaves

me exhausted. It

side steps my clumsy tackles.

with ease. Bed

raggled I drag

myself to my knees.

The sheep are countless

I pretend to snore

yearn for chloroform

or a sock on the jaw

body sweats heart beats

there is Panic in the Sheets

until

as dawn slopes up the stairs

to set me free

unawares

sleep catches up on me.