999 Hours
times were rough.
poverty was coming on strong.
more and more dead-ends.
people awake in their beds all night.
i know what
they’re thinking.
because i can’t
sleep either.
remembering someone they
loved
so much more than money.
it was a common dream in these times
that helped us stick together.
10
April 1992
[Published in Grasslands.
© 1994 by Jim
Cohn]
