Naupathia is a problem.

terratic:

Physics says: go to sleep. Of course
you’re tired. Every atom in you 
has been dancing the shimmy in silver shoes 
nonstop from mitosis to now. 
Quit tapping your feet. They’ll dance 
inside themselves without you. Go to sleep.

Geology says: it will be all right. Slow inch 
by inch America is giving itself 
to the ocean. Go to sleep. Let darkness 
lap at your sides. Give darkness an inch. 
You aren’t alone. All of the continents used to be 
one body. You aren’t alone. Go to sleep.

Astronomy says: the sun will rise tomorrow, 
Zoology says: on rainbow-fish and lithe gazelle, 
Psychology says: but first it has to be night, so 
Biology says: the body-clocks are stopped all over town 
and 
History says: here are the blankets, layer on layer, down and down.

(via iamingrid)