Black

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Awake the earthworm who
sleeps without knowing when

light has come - all is
dark, blackness of

dirt and coughing syrup in
his throat

long tube cut up in choppy-

dots, polka-dots, white and
black coffee beans so

keep me awake, oh coffee
beans -

decaf is not for me, blackness
by deft design, blackness

which doesn't hide the
grin you kept in

side that grim and grimy
place, digging

up into the starless
night sky.

Wake me, I slumber in
light.

It wasn't a white cat that
passed me by -

Black as pepper, black as pitch,
black as black

Death - wrapped around
a telephone pole.

Wake me, I see the

grinning faces, shadow
toes tickling the

clown faces rippling in
dreams.

Wake me before I sleep,

oh darkness, come and
bring with you

God, he's been hiding
from me behind that

sparkling sun.

God who once said let
there be light;

but first there was,
black.

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