"ding-a-ling-a-ling" says the brain
get up in the dark and reduce-the-heat cold
creep past the sleeping dogs
down the creaking stairs
a few cashew nuts to assuage the stomach gurgles
an ounce of sipping rum to leaden the sleepless eyelids
curled up under a blanket
in the light of my laptop
bliss
For this I am grateful
