Did an undead shuffle around the lunch hour 
block, lurching side to side in beat with my 
favourite music accentuating a strange 
charm of being too tired to lift my feet
 
Two meals of French fries stymied my brain 
circuitry, stunned my nervous system, too 
tired to create impressions I’m still alive, have 
to wait until my mind engages again
 
Gave up reading and writing, I’m upright fast 
asleep, everything I eat or drink worsens the 
situation, I am Mrs Narcolypsy who’s been 
known to fall asleep in mid-sentence 
 
If I do the wrong thing now I shall not be able 
to get up tomorrow, an eating  disorder that 
made me into the most antisocial being, 
shunning company because of fatigue 
 
Dedicated bookworm, follower of bibliotherapy, 
without books to take my mind away from my 
sleepy body I would be stuck without escape 
in the molasses of a deepfreeze …
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