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Lulled To Sleep Courtesy White Noise of the Fan

Lulled to sleep courtesy white noise of the fan Onset of first 2023 heatwave found yours truly lulled to sleep courtesy rattle and hum (U2 can dreamily tread where the streets have no name) of oscillating fan. Nestled under blankets, the gentle whirring sound soothes the savage beast within mine body electric of one generic, opportunistic, and wholistic garden variety man. Within blink of closed eye yours truly transported into the realm of deep sleep benumbed to reality as unconscious guy experiencing dynamic vivid dreams courtesy Fluoxetine Hcl (C17H18F3NO·HCl) known as Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI), especially prescribed to treat depression, panic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Holmes tower fan whooshing air analogous to sonogram (ultrasound) infiltrates fumfering, slumbering snoring schnorrer (me) best not to awaken papa bear, cuz he will roar loud and clear disrupted sleep upends ability to function no joking psyche dybbuk riddled with profound anxiety and despair subsequent havoc wrought on par whereby mailer daemons ensnare co opting, conquering, and compromising blissful state deadened head reveling within private webbed world regarding unscripted drama deep inside temporal lobe of brain, the hippocampus might conjure time traveling circa Renaissance faire wordsmith metaphorically possessed remonstrated by fire breathing amazing puffing magic dragon lived by the sea and frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee evidenced fiery breathing affect nostrils to snort and flare awoke from necessary dreams, I would angrily glare frightfully enough to induce goosebumps, and raise every small hair along spine uncontrollable fury communicating shattered functionality essentially rude awakening would impair ability to experience joie de vivre. Debilitating panic attack invariably triggered similar to Tonga underwater volcano eruption January 15th, 2022 constituting physiological displeasures chiefly vertigo, racing heart, nausea, excessive perspiration, adrenaline coursing thru body, whereby Prozac (brand name regarding aforementioned synthesized chemical) ameliorated unbearable, unmanageable, untenable... earth-shaking, devastating, and crushing manifestations disabling, exhausting, hijacking, jackknifing, sabotaging, and wrecking life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. Kickstarting psychological disequilibrium linkedin with savoring at least bajillion winks else sixty plus shades of gray matter methinks attempting to piece together logically reasonable poetic rhyme despite missing links knotted courtesy cerebral gordian knotted kinks yours truly feels discombobulated teetering and tottering atop brinks of figurative steep precipice.

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