A40 Summertime Sleep

This heatwave
unusual in the UK
Windows wide and
My bed less than 40 steps from the A40,
AKA
The London Road.

Even in the small hours the hushed steady wheels,
floated through my mind along
this ancient path,
and rolled me into sleep
as gentle waves once embraced my ears
on a Goan beach.

Similarity in hush and tone
as taxi drivers float on by in drones,
Gently rocking to sleep
my tired eyes in this thick heat.

#sleep








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