Coaxing Out A Poem (a response to “Harlem Night Song” by Langston Hughes)

Come.

Let me get some sleep tonight

Snoring.

I beg you.

Inside

My dark quiet bedroom

Lamp is glowing

Battery is dying

Clock is a great reminder

Of homework due.

In my sleepy stress

Creativity is waning.

I beg you.

Come.

Let me get some sleep tonight

Snoring.