armwrestling

               remains a thing 

krazy

       when its against yourself

   Ladies and gentlemen

                             In the far corner  wearing red trunk  coming out of Sleep  the contender  Hypnopompic

he applauded

                the sole yin yang in attendance

announcer gets paid by the word

Now if youll turn your attention to the near corner

                                                     Wearing blue trunk  slipping into Sleep  the other contender  Hypnagogic

a stout table two stools stand center ring under a diffuse cone lighted fourdegrees below fourdegrees above the horizon just before an after the golden hour  marbling twilight

Please welcome them

he applauds

they shed their satiny for-show robeswhite towels wrapped around their necks stride confidently towards each other shaking out their muscled arms

meet center

shake handsfeel theyre evenly matched  informed by the electric tension of their brief grip

seated 

         they clasps hands

they dont look at each other

if they did their eyes wouldnt see

   a scarcely audible bell sounds cricketcall

anthey spasmtussled over who will command his Sleep when his dreams give way

either too astonished

too disappointed

                   whether he enforces lucid dreaming

or lets them have their heads

hell wake

be aware he is

shift positionTHEN

                     this is the cricketcalled armwrestling

 

when he wakes in the morning he couldnt say if one or the other woncouldnt say who held sway  how long

just that it was Time to riseanshine

get out of bed on the right side

                           Motherfucker

Whawere they about

had his work cut out for him

his hands wrists arms shoulders ached    

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