sleep Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/sleep/ Trunkated tales, rumbling rhymes, and elephant art Mon, 04 Nov 2019 03:49:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/elephantsnever.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cropped-winter-logo-2019-20.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 sleep Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/sleep/ 32 32 135387410 Much Disregarded https://elephantsnever.com/much-disregarded/ https://elephantsnever.com/much-disregarded/#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2019 12:30:30 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=2187 by Rickey Rivers Jr. Depressing news, normalized. Can’t get away from, running like water in the brain, night thoughts. They run up the bill. Ironically I can’t pay them mind only attention. Sleep service is different from lip but leave a tip in my jar please. Help me with relief in form of speech and not pills. Trouble in the Read More

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]]> https://elephantsnever.com/much-disregarded/feed/ 0 2187 Leave it for Tomorrow https://elephantsnever.com/leave-it-for-tomorrow/ https://elephantsnever.com/leave-it-for-tomorrow/#respond Mon, 16 Sep 2019 12:00:46 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=1956 by Toni G. Maybe my responsibilities will wait forthe rain and not ruin the blue sky of today.I want to stay in and not worry aboutthe many errands that need to be done.I want to fall into an unmade bed, snuggledeep in lukewarm covers. I’ll eatwhen I’m hungry, not the scheduledbreakfast at 7, lunch at 1, and dinner at 8.Allow Read More

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]]> https://elephantsnever.com/leave-it-for-tomorrow/feed/ 0 1956 Birds Rejoice https://elephantsnever.com/birds-rejoice/ https://elephantsnever.com/birds-rejoice/#respond Thu, 27 Jun 2019 07:00:21 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=1711 by Toni G. It’s 6:57 Sunday morning and the birds are chirping outside my bedroom window ceaselessly. Silencio por favor, I yell with the worst Spanish accent ever, hoping that words in a language more beautiful than English will sway them to my will. It doesn’t work, and I blame my junior high school Spanish teacher for not molding me Read More

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]]> https://elephantsnever.com/birds-rejoice/feed/ 0 1711 Sleep and Jelly Beans https://elephantsnever.com/sleep-and-jelly-beans/ https://elephantsnever.com/sleep-and-jelly-beans/#comments Sun, 09 Jun 2019 12:08:12 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=1677 by Toni G. My boyfriend pops sleeping pills as if they’re jelly beans, sugar-coated candy with the only sinister intention being the rotting away of his teeth. I find him curled up on the floor in the bathroom most nights. Other times, he’s laid out in the laundry room or hallway. Once I found him on the elevator floor. He Read More

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