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Sometimes,
Sometimes,
When I would lie awake at night
With the heat sitting, oppressive, upon my chest
I would hear
The crickets.
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It would always drive me wild;
It would always drive me wild;
Every time I tried to fall asleep,
I would hear nothing but
The crickets.
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Tossing and turning,
Tossing and turning,
chasing my sleep,
counting the hours that I was losing
because of a few stubborn bugs
determined to make me curse the night!
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On those summer evenings,
On those summer evenings,
sitting on a squeaky swing
With love in both hands,
(Rowling in one and Funke in my other)
I would lose myself in another world
only to be brought, screaming, back by
The crickets.
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Tireless,
Tireless,
Determined,
Incessant chirping pounding in my ears
driving me back and forth
from peace to chaos
tossing me in every direction while I
just.
want.
to.
concentrate.
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Please.
Please.
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Summer rolls on.
Summer rolls on.
only the nights matter though;
heat and light kill my days.
So I stalk the nights,
books in hand,
parking myself under streetlamps or in doorjambs
I'm leaving anyway,
why does it matter where my body rests?
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Page after page,
Page after page,
fighting to stay inside the lines
by leaving them
Floating above, enjoying the sound of the wind
and hating it all the same,
curling my hands into fists,
crumpling pages...
Those crickets!
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Summer nights blend
with autumn winds.
The leaves begin to
drop.
Nights grow colder,
darkness longer
and the rustle of leaves fills the darkness
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I look up from my book
On a cold November night
and realize,
with overwhelming guilt
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That I miss the Crickets.