Jupiter's Insomnia

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Jupiter and Thetis; Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

1, 2 ,3,..nearly 4.

I watch the clock, and

there she is again:

3:30 in the morning but

not nearly 4 —

when the anxiety truly sets her claws

at my throat in exhaustion,

crying enough tears to fill each flower pot

four springs ahead of time —

Well before any sleep.