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I Love Being Tired

25 November 201225 November 2012 burgoynealexburgoyneempty, running, sleepLeave a comment

Remembering this
running feeling; empty and
full, true both at once.

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I Love Being Tired

Another Sleep Haiku For You OR Its a Switch With a Switch

14 September 201215 September 2012 burgoynealexburgoynesleepLeave a comment

I am brought to this
conclusion: sleep eludes with
opportunity

Who am I, as a
man who has, not to give when
I can? Offering

my time, energy, heavy
eyelids and sense of day come.

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Another Sleep Haiku For You OR Its a Switch With a Switch

I’ve Got to Grow Up, Grow a Pair, Grow Into My Life, Shoes, Self, Grow a Beard, Grow tomatoes, Grow Money, and Sleep ALSO I Can’t Sleep.

4 September 2012 burgoynealexburgoynefwp, growing up, sleep, testicles1 Comment

Days are long, awake.
I prod my eyes to close. CLOSE.
Sleep still eludes me.

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I’ve Got to Grow Up, Grow a Pair, Grow Into My Life, Shoes, Self, Grow a Beard, Grow tomatoes, Grow Money, and Sleep ALSO I Can’t Sleep.

Dudebrah, When in Ro’

31 July 20124 August 2012 burgoynealexburgoynedudebrah, girlfriend, sleep, worryLeave a comment

She shivers and jolts
in her sleep. I worry some.
Though, she wakes up fine.

Wish I knew to worry or
roll her over. #girlfriends, brah…

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Crazy Veggie Tacos and Their Hellfire Continue

6 July 201230 July 2012 burgoynealexburgoynefood, sleepLeave a comment

didnotsleepwelllast
nightbutnowI’mweirdtired
andcan’tsleepquiteyet.

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I Would Like to Sleep Perpendicularly to My Eyelid Line

7 February 20125 November 2012 burgoynealexburgoynefwp, pillow, sleep, wordplay1 Comment

My pillow was too
stiff, but my new one is too
soft. My life is hard.

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The Rage is Back With A Vengence and its Fuel is a Powerful Multiplier

4 October 201130 July 2012 burgoynealexburgoynecoffee, food, sleep, the furyLeave a comment

There are three factors
that contribute to my mood.
Absence makes so(u)l(e)s shake.

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Sleepy Waves

21 January 201131 July 2012 burgoynealexburgoyneboats, sleepLeave a comment

Sleep, granted by time
and harbored by the tired.
I would like a boat.

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Occasionally a Lack of Necessary Things Makes Me Want to Eat Souls

18 January 201130 July 2012 burgoynealexburgoyneasshole, sleep, the furyLeave a comment

No sleep, no food, no
patience, no time, no deal.
I am an asshole.

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Occasionally a Lack of Necessary Things Makes Me Want to Eat Souls
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