ABOUT MY SLEEPING POSITION

I have never seen my sleeping position

When like a shrimp

I curl up, or spread like a cross

I can feel my body breaking free from

the shape the dreamer endowed it

I often toss and turn in bed before falling asleep

Is it possible I act like a cloud during sleep?

I have imagined

sharing a bed with you

like this—two clouds

stick to each other like lacquer

rain underneath falling all along

and I remain dried up the whole time

like what you saw in the pond during childhood

a flopping fish

when it gave up wiggling

fate also shaped it as meant to be