Poetry from the 3:15 Experiment 2010: August 2 Night Terror
Poetry from the 3:15 Experiment
August 2, 2010 home
The night terror tonight
took the shape of my husband
& hid under the bed
until he died a dramatic death
his arm up & reaching frantically
as if drowning & counting down
with my head on his chest
I pondered which was real
what was real
perhaps this was the evil one
& the good twin had gone down
like a sinking ship?
how did I know the feet
rubbing mine were truly
doing so with love?
I didn’t know I decide
I didn’t really know anything
except I needed to go back to sleep.
Gimme five! From Work in Progress: Burning Man 2010 Top photo detail of Bliss Dance by Marco Cochrane originally uploaded and taken by Mic
hael Holden
I’ve participated in the 3:15 Experiment since 2001. As a participant, I get up every night I can at 3:15am to write. Hundreds of poets all over the world this year did the same; many of them are now transcribing their nightly scribbles and will then post on the site.
Middle photo of Bliss Dance by Wade Scribner, a Burner from Portland who shares my birthday!
Bottom photo credit of “Bliss Dance” Burning Man 2010 by Marco Cochrane to: Margaret Lambert. Margaret and I attended junior high and high school together!
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