The bed is clean.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The beer is gone.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The night succumbs to its inevitability.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n There are my blue jeans with the hole in the back pocket<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n And the hole in the knee<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Crumpled on the floor beside my clean bed.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n No more words are coming to me<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n And I\u2019ve stopped listening to the music.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n My mind is clear and cluttered at once.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s the best time.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I will fall asleep and awaken\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Not remembering.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The bed is clean.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The beer is gone.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The room is quiet.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The sun comes in, rustling like leaves<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n And I open my eyes,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Awake and not remembering.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" John Tustin The bed is clean.\u00a0 The beer is gone.\u00a0 The night succumbs to its inevitability.\u00a0 There are my blue jeans with the hole in the back pocket\u00a0 And the hole in the knee\u00a0 Crumpled on the floor beside my clean bed.\u00a0 \u00a0 No more words are coming to me\u00a0 And I\u2019ve stopped listening to… <\/p>\n