Sleep's Sanctuary
(A Reverse Tanka and a Tanka)
Sleep is a sanctuary
Where you will listen, so loudโ
Sans a note awryโ
To Silence's Symphony:
Lull in the chaos.
It's the stepsister
Of the Full Final Slumber;
Naught we'd remember
Of mad Mays and Deep Decemb'rโ
There ain't no Everafter!
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