on the thirteenth night
she stared at the stick-on neon glowing
stars stuck to her ceiling,
because she was sick of the
floating lights
outside.
she waited
for the sleep that she thought would never come.
the clock struck midnight
and...
s h e f e l l a s l e e p
luxuriously
comfortably
and all at
o n c e .
[T.H.E. E.N.D.]
