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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

~ "The silence of the night awakens my soul"

Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

Tag Archives: wee hours

Caught in the Act – #shortstory #fiction

14 Monday Nov 2016

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Fiction

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green-1757807_960_720He caught me

I was trying to hide it. The wee hours had their hold on me, again. Every night the same routine, except tonight. He caught me. The glare of the back light made it impossible to shield what I was doing. I thought I was rather quiet, but it didn’t matter.

Sound or no, he just waited for me to notice him. I did, but refused to acknowledge his stare. Ignoring something or someone is easy enough, until of course, the daggers being thrown in your direction eventually hit their target. Okay, okay, I get it.

I’m disturbing him. I could shade it with my hands. I could stop altogether but that’s not an option. No, I’ll just keep ignoring, he’ll just keep glaring, and then the battery died. I needed to plug my phone in. He smiled and rolled over.  Damn, he wins every time.

 

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Wide Awake – A Poet’s Lament

09 Wednesday Apr 2014

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry

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Why am I
So wide awake?
I went to bed
For goodness sake!

I shut the light
And close my eyes
And pray the sandman
Won’t pass me by

My mind’s still going
It’s on a tear
I toss and turn
And get nowhere

It’s no use trying
With all my might
A poet never sleeps
So I get up and write

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