the long night

i push snooze
on the alarm and
in ten minutes it
bothers me again.
i have to get up
though on this short
end of a long night,
after too much wine,
and you, the dogs
outside howling at
a moon they can't
even see. i'll find
an hour or two later
to make up for
this fatique, crawl
back in bewteen
the sheets at
midday, and find
a chance to sleep
deeply, and to
dream while the rain
pours down.