Bedtime Stories

 

When will you tire of your fairy tales?

You have long outgrown your feetie pajamas

And teddy bears

And seem not to notice

The changing of your seasons

From child to adult.

There are always willing storytellers

Who enjoy your immaturity

And dependence

And childlike clinging to traditions you have long outgrown

And for a fee, will read to you

All

 

night

 

long…

 

 

 

 

                                 ----unAsleep