A Poem by Wanda Morrow Clevenger

Nightmare

I like the night
better now
the mad scientists &
maddening hypodermics
are dismissed
& the
monkey see
monkey do
nightmare
is done

the night is gentle
now
I sleep better
now
in my own bed
only knowing dread
of insulin days
the east window
can't keep out



Wanda Morrow Clevenger lives in Hettick, IL -- population 200, give or take.  Over 270 pieces of her work appear in 106 print and electronic publications.  Her debut collection This Same Small Town in Each of Us:  http://edgarallenpoet.com/This_Same_Small_Town.html