Countdown to Bedtime.

[10dotsinlarceny]

Early dawn is encroaching and I told myself I wouldn't write
but why not? Maybe I'll have time to
reaload the pipe
before I head
upstairs.

Work at daybreak and I told myself that I would have to get gas
and cigarettes yesterday so that
it wouldn't be such a rush
in the morning.

So cold outside and the space heater can only go so long
before a crackle of light arcs
and it switches off.

My window is open upstairs, allowing the sheets to grow
colder. And colder without me.

And colder with only me.