Sleepwalker

Nightmares were standing at the foot of my bed---

scheming and calculating

seeping through the sheets and up through my insides

like a rip tide

and a ruthless undertow

pulling my toes downward and out of position

then my legs and hips

crawling into the viscus

winding up and up and up and up and up and up

first the reel ran black and white

and then in technicolor

It tickled my throat and then my cheeks and then the synapses

flapping like stingrays

full of wonderment and opportunity for damage

And I had to laugh at the thought of insomnia

what with the lucid nature of this infestation and---

Magritte the puppeteer

It all ended with carpet indentations and---

the peanut butter all over the light switch