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Ode to the 5 Minute Snooze

J. Willoughby Humor
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O blessed interval!

O nine pressed again!

You are the velvet curtain

between the dream and the drain.


In you, whole empires crumble.

In you, great loves return.

In you, I am a quarterback,

a poet, a concern.


Five minutes, give or take eternity—

you are the smallest gift

the universe can offer

before I lose my shift.

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