EMPTY BED
sometimes the bed
is bigger than I can stand
I’ve spilled a cup of stains
a day over these sheets
I want to ask a question of the empty room
but it talks so loudly I can’t get a word in
so instead I’ve chewed the pillows
until I’m dried spitless and mute
I wake up at all hours with the same thought each time —
dream is one letter away from dread
write it all down, the therapist says
but even then I can’t keep it down
the bed gets bigger every day
its oak bones growing long after death
a dead man’s hair and nails
sleepwalk on beyond him
I scratch my face, tear out my hair
and never awaken at all
Dark Matter 
August 12th, 2004 at 8:06 pm
Love the third draft, here. Please go directly to the head of the class. You may pass go, and I hope you collect a bucketload more than $200.
August 12th, 2004 at 8:06 pm
Love the third draft, here. Please go directly to the head of the class. You may pass go, and I hope you collect a bucketload more than $200.
August 12th, 2004 at 8:06 pm
Love the third draft, here. Please go directly to the head of the class. You may pass go, and I hope you collect a bucketload more than $200.
August 12th, 2004 at 8:06 pm
Love the third draft, here. Please go directly to the head of the class. You may pass go, and I hope you collect a bucketload more than $200.
August 12th, 2004 at 8:06 pm
Love the third draft, here. Please go directly to the head of the class. You may pass go, and I hope you collect a bucketload more than $200.
August 12th, 2004 at 8:06 pm
Love the third draft, here. Please go directly to the head of the class. You may pass go, and I hope you collect a bucketload more than $200.
August 12th, 2004 at 7:03 pm
I like the 2nd draft better – the end is stronger. 1st and 5th stanzas being my favorite – I’m such a lucky girl to have an almost husband like you.
😉
August 12th, 2004 at 7:03 pm
I like the 2nd draft better – the end is stronger. 1st and 5th stanzas being my favorite – I’m such a lucky girl to have an almost husband like you.
😉
August 12th, 2004 at 7:03 pm
I like the 2nd draft better – the end is stronger. 1st and 5th stanzas being my favorite – I’m such a lucky girl to have an almost husband like you.
😉
August 12th, 2004 at 7:03 pm
I like the 2nd draft better – the end is stronger. 1st and 5th stanzas being my favorite – I’m such a lucky girl to have an almost husband like you.
😉
August 12th, 2004 at 7:03 pm
I like the 2nd draft better – the end is stronger. 1st and 5th stanzas being my favorite – I’m such a lucky girl to have an almost husband like you.
😉
August 12th, 2004 at 7:03 pm
I like the 2nd draft better – the end is stronger. 1st and 5th stanzas being my favorite – I’m such a lucky girl to have an almost husband like you.
😉
August 12th, 2004 at 6:39 pm
I would switch “nails” and “hair” so you don’t have end repetion, but have alliteration with the “l’s” in “nails” and “sleepwalk.”
M
August 12th, 2004 at 6:39 pm
I would switch “nails” and “hair” so you don’t have end repetion, but have alliteration with the “l’s” in “nails” and “sleepwalk.”
M
August 12th, 2004 at 6:39 pm
I would switch “nails” and “hair” so you don’t have end repetion, but have alliteration with the “l’s” in “nails” and “sleepwalk.”
M
August 12th, 2004 at 6:39 pm
I would switch “nails” and “hair” so you don’t have end repetion, but have alliteration with the “l’s” in “nails” and “sleepwalk.”
M
August 12th, 2004 at 6:39 pm
I would switch “nails” and “hair” so you don’t have end repetion, but have alliteration with the “l’s” in “nails” and “sleepwalk.”
M
August 12th, 2004 at 6:39 pm
I would switch “nails” and “hair” so you don’t have end repetion, but have alliteration with the “l’s” in “nails” and “sleepwalk.”
M
August 12th, 2004 at 10:29 am
very nice
i like it a lot.
i also find that the “dream is one letter away” ending would be better placed somewhere else than at the end.
August 12th, 2004 at 10:29 am
very nice
i like it a lot.
i also find that the “dream is one letter away” ending would be better placed somewhere else than at the end.
August 12th, 2004 at 10:29 am
very nice
i like it a lot.
i also find that the “dream is one letter away” ending would be better placed somewhere else than at the end.
August 12th, 2004 at 10:29 am
very nice
i like it a lot.
i also find that the “dream is one letter away” ending would be better placed somewhere else than at the end.
August 12th, 2004 at 10:29 am
very nice
i like it a lot.
i also find that the “dream is one letter away” ending would be better placed somewhere else than at the end.
August 12th, 2004 at 10:29 am
very nice
i like it a lot.
i also find that the “dream is one letter away” ending would be better placed somewhere else than at the end.
August 12th, 2004 at 10:06 am
i’m w/ Adam on this – i liked the first one more than the reshuffle. i actually dug the first ending, meow meow.
August 12th, 2004 at 10:06 am
i’m w/ Adam on this – i liked the first one more than the reshuffle. i actually dug the first ending, meow meow.
August 12th, 2004 at 10:06 am
i’m w/ Adam on this – i liked the first one more than the reshuffle. i actually dug the first ending, meow meow.
August 12th, 2004 at 10:06 am
i’m w/ Adam on this – i liked the first one more than the reshuffle. i actually dug the first ending, meow meow.
August 12th, 2004 at 10:06 am
i’m w/ Adam on this – i liked the first one more than the reshuffle. i actually dug the first ending, meow meow.
August 12th, 2004 at 10:06 am
i’m w/ Adam on this – i liked the first one more than the reshuffle. i actually dug the first ending, meow meow.
August 12th, 2004 at 9:29 am
I’m not a fan of the rearranging of stanzas. As much as I love dream is one letter away from dread, I think it’s much stronger in the thick of the poem than at the end. Trust the flow of your first draft. There’s a reason so many people love it.
August 12th, 2004 at 9:29 am
I’m not a fan of the rearranging of stanzas. As much as I love dream is one letter away from dread, I think it’s much stronger in the thick of the poem than at the end. Trust the flow of your first draft. There’s a reason so many people love it.
August 12th, 2004 at 9:29 am
I’m not a fan of the rearranging of stanzas. As much as I love dream is one letter away from dread, I think it’s much stronger in the thick of the poem than at the end. Trust the flow of your first draft. There’s a reason so many people love it.
August 12th, 2004 at 9:29 am
I’m not a fan of the rearranging of stanzas. As much as I love dream is one letter away from dread, I think it’s much stronger in the thick of the poem than at the end. Trust the flow of your first draft. There’s a reason so many people love it.
August 12th, 2004 at 9:29 am
I’m not a fan of the rearranging of stanzas. As much as I love dream is one letter away from dread, I think it’s much stronger in the thick of the poem than at the end. Trust the flow of your first draft. There’s a reason so many people love it.
August 12th, 2004 at 9:29 am
I’m not a fan of the rearranging of stanzas. As much as I love dream is one letter away from dread, I think it’s much stronger in the thick of the poem than at the end. Trust the flow of your first draft. There’s a reason so many people love it.
August 12th, 2004 at 8:34 am
it’s stunning.
i urge you to lick a stamp pretty soon and send the latest batch a few places, with this as the top poem of the stack.
August 12th, 2004 at 8:34 am
it’s stunning.
i urge you to lick a stamp pretty soon and send the latest batch a few places, with this as the top poem of the stack.
August 12th, 2004 at 8:34 am
it’s stunning.
i urge you to lick a stamp pretty soon and send the latest batch a few places, with this as the top poem of the stack.
August 12th, 2004 at 8:34 am
it’s stunning.
i urge you to lick a stamp pretty soon and send the latest batch a few places, with this as the top poem of the stack.
August 12th, 2004 at 8:34 am
it’s stunning.
i urge you to lick a stamp pretty soon and send the latest batch a few places, with this as the top poem of the stack.
August 12th, 2004 at 8:34 am
it’s stunning.
i urge you to lick a stamp pretty soon and send the latest batch a few places, with this as the top poem of the stack.