<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367745" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Potty Poet</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Upon the computer keyboard, <br>With QWERTY squashed about, <br>The poet slept and soon he snored, <br>Four-thirty... tired out...<br>And there he dreamt he was awake<br>And typing poems still, <br>As if he didn't need a break<br>Or tiny sleeping pill...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But God was keen to calm him down, <br>Excited as he was<br>And gently eased away each frown<br>For he was loved because<br>The poet had a heart of gold, <br>Although his eyes were red, <br>Yet didn't do what he'd been told<br>And simply go to bed...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">God sighed at such a silly man, <br>His whole life left to live, <br>As if God didn't have a plan, <br>More poems still to give...<br>Impatience is a tragic mask<br>That blinds the weary soul, <br>Such that the poet didn't ask<br>The Lord to take control...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So pace yourselves, don't be like him, <br>Take one day at a time...<br>Don't be obsessed, filled to the brim<br>With poetry and rhyme...<br>Sleep brings a boost, a needed lift, <br>As if to grease the wheels, <br>Sleep is a precious holy gift, <br>A sacred rest that heals...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Let eyes stay closed, let dreams unfold, <br>Let lessons still be learned, <br>Let fantasy at last take hold<br>Till daylight has returned...<br>The potty poet gave his all, <br>He'll sleep ten hours or more...<br>Regardless, poets, great or small, <br>That's what our beds are for...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, February 2012.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367745" data-title="The Potty Poet de Denis Martindale" data-description="Upon the computer keyboard, With QWERTY squashed about, The poet slept and soon he snored, Four-thirty... tired out... And there he dreamt he was awake And typing poems still, As if he didn't need a break Or tiny sleeping pill... But God was ..."></div> </div> </div>

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