Yes, I Need Crickets - March 4, 2025

Gary Hunter
Mar 4
1 min read

as the orchestra for my sleepless

thoughts rehearsing at 3 am

then to play a lullaby to

put me back to sleep

and in the morning

a peppier tune that says

Get Up!

and I definitely need them

to just watch as I perform

my daytime roles and characters

though with crickets in shadows

who can distinguish an audience

that’s utterly captivated and quiet

from one full of sound sleepers

and a few loud snorers

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