Loose Leaf Notes

Even if it’s 1 a.m. and I went to bed at midnight
Even if I’m meditating and I’m not supposed to open my eyes
Even if I’m driving and I have to scribble it on my hand
Even if I’m in the dentist office and I have to ask the receptionist for a pen and write some notes on the margins of a People magazine
Even if it’s now 2 a.m. and I have to walk across the kitchen floor to get a notebook and I know that my feet will get cold

Full Moon Insomnia: I
The moon is a jewel
under my pillow
like the princess
and the pea
I can’t sleep
Full Moon Insomnia: II
I’m trying to sleep
but the moon has other plans
I follow its bouncing ball orbit
like reading subtitles in a foreign film
It says: Wake up and write this all down
before you lose such good reception
I’m a nightshift stenographer hired by the muse
to take down the moon’s business