Dormez-Vous
Dormez-Vous
by Laura Summerville Reed
Dormez-vous
Time and Distance?
Are you sleeping?
The passive-aggressive blink
from the light emitting diode
has conspired with a laconic moon
Persistent silence
framed in my window
And from across the room
Marking minutes keeping days
Asking to be excused
Snidely suggesting
this late hour and
my reasons do not account
for the phone in one hand
and a highball glass in the other
Time is at a premium
I need company
but my Plastic Jesus isn't talking
and all his saints are sleeping
Dormez-vous?
Distance is not for the fearful
I’m seeking solace
In voices I've never met
Laughter is the best medicine
Medicine is the best medicine
LSR 2011©