Quiet Lives

Musinex covered baby
dancing in rainbow socks and
recliner leather
sleeping off two months spent
working too hard

Pooh pj princess
head wrapped and counting
the minutes until morning
quiches and holy heaven
hallelujahs

Curly headed heathen
drinking H2O and wasting
precious minutes of sleep
reading cupcake literature
and gossip columns

Each
somewhere between
living
and dying
dwelling
alone and
together
in the mystery
and uncertainty
that lies in the minutes
waiting for
dawn.