CHRIS J. MELANSON
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“Just Let Me Sleep”


Just let me sleep.
Just go away.
Just let me sleep
Throughout the day.

Just leave me here,
Right in my bed,
So I can rest
My aching head.

Don’t want to go to work this way.
Don’t want to go outside to play.
Don’t really want to go to school,
Just leave me here like a dead fool.

Just let me dream, but if I scream,
Please. take me from the nightmare beam—
The beam of hate
And fear
And fright…
Please, let me get some sleep. Alright?

-Chris J. Melanson 1998
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