Hive Ave Fall2024 - Flipbook - Page 44
Poetry
Hive Avenue Literary Journal
Sleep Deprivation
For Beginners
Christian Ward
Start slow: Feed dog food
to the fridge. Stroke the houseplants.
O昀昀er unwanted advice to the bicycle.
Hoover the bills. Make co昀昀ee
in the shower. Make a piñata
of the inbox and smash it open
when hallucinating of minor paradises.
Unpeel the moon. Dust colleagues
like statues. Make geese of hedges
and train them to 昀氀y in the rain.
Every neighbour is a fox reciting
Shakespeare. The sky is just another
screensaver. Don’t worry about winning
since you got the medal long before
you even started.
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