New Poem: Leap Day, 2012

I have no idea what sparked this poem, but I thought I'd share it with my blog readers before I decide I hate it and wipe it out of existence completely.  Also, I apologize for my lack of posts recently.  The long Memorial Day weekend, coupled with a lack of motivation/inspiration is entirely to blame.  Hopefully I snap out of it soon.

Leap Day, 2012

At an internet café in New York City,

Insomnia has sunk its teeth into the big apple.

Under a domestic paw a mouse wriggles,

Attempting to break free and scurry back

To his home, alone, inside the walls.

Computer screens, like cat eyes, peer from

The darkest corner into the sleeping world.

A symphony of sirens pulsates through

The bleeding night; the long cry of a dying animal

Comes limping and twitches on the ear

In numerous glowing nocturnes.

A middle-aged man chasing down blocks of text

On an online dating site, reads,

‘Five foot five, well-educated, with a love of dogs’

And slumps back into his ergonomic chair

On this, the last leg of his only life.