Tonight's Poet Corner: REM User

REM User
by Belinda Roddie

REM user
dream abuser
stealer, thief,
Arabian mischief

flying on a shred of upholstery
kissing sand with threadless teeth
you glide

and every wish
becomes a dream
and every dream
becomes a grain
in your burlap sack
you don't sprinkle them back

and the desert just keeps
sleeping.

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