Income Sheep Poem | A Poem By Roli Edema

Income Sheep

Working hard or hardly working

Watching those who work then dine

Attention's on my distant pillow 

My cave of comfort is oh so fine

Shove aside these calculations

Graphs, functions, linear equations

The only math I'd like to do

Is counting sheep in threes and twos

Mobile light my eye embraces

Daylight pure it struggles to stand

All this talk of noteworthy places -

Cradle is my favourite land

They tell me that the day is young 

New and brimming with opportunity 

...but... blinds shut and covers over

A sip of hot chamomile for me

All this said I do regret it

Blurry eyes will always struggle to see

Double the stress, strain and effort

When one's brain and heart refuse to argee

Poverty comes to the lover of sleep 

So bright eyes and balance you must keep

Cease the glare - it's shallow and cold

The body must do what the body is told

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