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    [poem] Farewell Lucidity

    A poem written in the throes of depression.
    ​I - lament lucid's leaving: lonely
    muddled musings followed only
    woozy nights; when clouded thought
    intruded moods already frought
    with feelings, hung, and livers, harmed.
    Combating torpid mornings armed
    with discontent for time ill-spent
    in scenes which now disorient.
    I ponder fondly flashbacks past
    of lost lucidity.

    Ab-sconded, not before abetting
    the delirium onsetting.
    Had it snuck night at midnight's chime,
    a stealthy exit aptly timed
    as other sorrows, lingering,
    kept dulling senses tingling
    and masked its absence, thereuntil
    abating to this numbing still.
    Woe, did you flee as escapee,
    captive lucidity?

    Per-haps if I struggle a little
    harder, restlessly, then it'll
    pity torsioned pillows twisted
    sleepily and sheets insisted
    feverishly to the floor.
    Perhaps then it'll visit for
    not my relief, at least instead
    get respite to this ruffled bed.
    Please come, if sympathetically,
    clement lucidity.

    How - long until bed-sores start sporing
    if I lie forevermore in
    mourning; early warnings flashing;
    choosing snoozing; teasing thrashing
    limbs with lamps just out of reach
    and light behind curtains beseeched
    to put a stop a wasted day;
    another morning thrown away.
    I gravely, waving on, concede.
    Farewell lucidity.
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    [music] Butterflies and Hurricanes

    My favourite of Muse's piano solos, on Corpus Christi College's auditorium Yamaha. Didn't have enough energy for the final avant-garde key slapping!