Thursday, June 7, 2007

The Overnight: by Smurfette

Now in lay me down to sleep
PKT my soul to keep
If I should quit before I snap
At least I’m done with all this crap
Another house, another day
8 hours more sleep is gone away
I toss and turn and pace the halls
No sleep goes on within these walls
On a broken couch I watch the clock
I hear strange noises up the block
The wind blows, the screen door slams
I beg for mercy at 3am.
I leave at sunup for my ride
driving home on the wrong side
I get back home a close my eyes
5 mintues later, big surprise
A shift’s not covered yet again
And guess who gets to go back in?
God forbid I sleep at all
Oh no not when I’m on call
I grab my keys and off I go
A broken spirit
This job blows

2 comments:

hair-e-guy said...

Thats why happens when we leave our souls for PKT to "keep". Very nice! This should go in the damn training manual!

alliwannadoishelp said...

very poetic! I like! I like!
Goddamn overnights..I am still trying to get my sleep schedule on track!