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The next poem, the second one
of these poems about sleep,

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is called "The Enemy."

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It's a little different
from most of those

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I've read or will be reading.

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"Strange noises on the
roof woke me at dawn.

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It sounded like someone
trying to make off

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with the brand new air
conditioner, the heavy wrench

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clattering on the asbestos roof.

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Tired fingers found the switch,
the thermostat's low hum,

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assuring us the
enemy was inside,

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prowling some quarter of
my head as I crouched,

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afraid he might take
things into his own hands.

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Only a pair of tomcats
snarling the rest of the night

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until I smothered the
enemy in my pillow,

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neither of us dreaming
we would meet."

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