alan holdsworth

Went to bed (the coffin)

about 10 pm shattered

and awoke around 2 am

as if someone had switched

me on like a fucking vacuum cleaner.

It's the same every night

drunk or sober:

has anyone out there got a cure

apart from shagging your balls off?

I'm a bit past my sell by date for that;

maybe I should invest

in a vibrating bed!

And don't talk to me about pills:

I've taken calmers, downers,

rounders, pounders,

tried witchcraft, deep breathing, healing

and read books until I'm daft.

Has anyone out there got a cure?

It's 6 am in the morning

and even the moon has gone to sleep:

the milkman arrives as I hear him

open and close his van door,

maybe some breakfast

with some fresh tea,

another rollie,

fuck me!