It's true / I can stretch crevice to toe / then bend a leg / fetal / another occasion that will not last / at last / I slept / while night was stamping / its mark upon my shadow / now lines appear in the shape of a frown / deep crease over an eyelid / I heard of a woman / who had a facial manicure even eyebrows / then lay down / and died / no leap no crash nothing to grab / just one last flattering photo / is this how the world prepares us / time packs up its gloves and satchel / to lift another anchor off the earth's rotation / before a new episode / of borrowed sleep / as the moth is seared to dust / as waking paves the lost road to memory / as the heart constricts to burn and burn / then release / okay fine / I too will lie down / until the next dream appears / hold my breath as it flirts / comes closer.