An Unwelcomed Midnight Dip

On nights 

Like these
I’m too tired

For sleep
For these annoying 

Things
Keep swimming 

In my head
And exhaustion 

Is tugging
Gently 

At my sheets
Trying to pull me 

under
Into the subconscious 

Pool
Of midnight dreams
And these things 

I tell you
They keep swimming 
Never tiring 

Annoying as ever
For their constant 

Splashes
And joyful 

Laughter
Echo 

From side to side

Each with its own 

Technique
Backstroke
Butterfly
Doggy paddle
Froggy style
Finished off
With a cannonball

Rippling
In my head 
Which no pill
Can ever

still