SLEEPY PILL

sleeping 

the short death/dragging 

it out till i ache from still blood

and up

i 

smoked 

a cigarette

from the shops 

in the early dark that fell like black dawn

i bought back 

plastic peppers 

to the silent winter roses

not rest/only a time-out achieved

but

too

sedated

to worry about anything

i sleep that short death 

again

and i made it last so long