It hurts to see you sleep.
body crumpled on the armchair,
or collapsed on the couch:
drooling, snoring, rag doll.
Sometimes you just nod off
beside me in the car,
or your face just falls to your plate
at dinner, before I catch you.
You say it's work, it's worry, it's
running the house. Money.
You say that you need a year off,
to catch up with everything
like sleep.
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