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Ben Franklin supposedly said:
Early to bed, early to rise,
makes a person healthy, wealthy and wise (well sort of),
as one makes it onto the bed
and looks for the pillow to lay their head,
with yawns that are so loud
would make a lion proud,
to snuggle under the covers to keep warm
and to hide your head when there is a storm,
adjust your pillow and get in a comfortable position
and await the sandman to fulfill his mission,
by a slight dusting to the eyes with sand
as you slowly drift into dreamland,
and dream of all types of things to be sure
some of the dreams aren’t so pure,
some dreams cause cases of fright
sometimes during the night,
some dreams bring heartache mixed with cheer
by communicating with those no longer here,
some dreams regress back to days before we were born
where one was protected and warm,
and be in the fetal position sucking our thumb
only to wake momentarily and feel dumb,
because we have had many lessons bad and good
it is imperative that those lessons be understood,
and know that dreams are fleeting moments in time on a clock
where emotions can soar like a bird or sink like a rock,
then we awake for the day sometimes with memories from the night before
as we go about our day doing our daily chore,
of making money so that our family can be fed
only to return home to eat, relax and then go to bed,
to sleep and dream again once more
only hoping that it was better than the one the night before.

NY Attitude 04.03.2007