Poem-A-Day: A pillow in the city by Patricia Spears Jones

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A pillow in the city by Patricia Spears Jones   Ghostly falls from the fifteenth floor Feathers leaking/ the pillow speaking How the sleeper's nightly pounding Made the pillow yelp and moan Poor sleeper heard these comments Angered threw said pillow into An ugly summer night's air The pillow had little choice The sleeper's fists. The sleeper's mouth Not kind, not soft, always angry The sleeper always angry--even Dreaming the sleeper could not Stop rage, so the bed was a battlefield The pillow, an enemy. And now Said enemy slowly plunges towards The courtyard deflated, a feral squirrel Watches the fall, moves on towards The overflowing garbage bins, nose open Time to feast. Copyright © 2013 by Patricia Spears Jones. Used with permission of the author.   Poetry by Jones Painkiller Poem-A-Day launched in 2006 and features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Browse the Poem-A-Day archive. February 6, 2013     Patricia Spears Jones is the author of three collections of poetry including, Femme du Monde (Tia Chucha Press, 2006) and most recently, Painkiller (Tia Chucha Press, 2010). She lives in New York City.   Related Poems Pillow by Li-Young Lee City That Does Not Sleep by Federico García Lorca Sleep Door by Kazim Ali Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.

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