One.

ONE
or
 nocturnal psychosis


I think, I thunk, I think I saw
another one go out the door
Now I don't know who's in or out
who's left within or gone about
"WHO's In COMMAND _ if one there be"?
I only know the One of me.

3 AM, I hear a peep
voices round, wont let me sleep
Thoughts run rampart to and fro
A tangled, twisted, creeping show
"Just shut them off", I say to me
but in reply...which one of me?

*I think, I thunk, I think I saw
another one go out the door
Now I don't know who's in or out
who's left within or gone about
"Who's in Command _ if One there be"?
I only know the one of me.

Now where'd I put that damnded thing?
I swear I placed it there, I sing.
from room to room - there's something wrong
Then all at once, my memories gone.
Next I find I'm sitting there
not knowing how or when or where.
Inside what I don't recognize
confronted by this odd demise.
"Who's in Command _if One there be"?
Relentless pests, just let me be!

In leathered chair He sits from me
Wondering who-of us he'll meet
"How have you been"? He says on cue
addressing which- I have no clue.
She answers "We've been fine", in jest
and terror strikes me through mid chest.
Their sleep disturbed, a dread untold
They scramble now to grab a'hold.
You say "we're fine" but who is we?
He asks the one or two or three


I think, I thunk, I think I saw
another one go out the door.
Now I don't know who's in or out
who's left behind or gone about.
"Who's in Command _ if One there be"?
I only know the One of me.
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  © # 113. Mea.