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And this is a very short poem.

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About bedtime routines
in the household.

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Children going to sleep.

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Bedtime.

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Usually I stay up late.

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My time alone.

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Tonight at 9:00, I can tell
I'm only awake long enough

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to put my sons to bed.

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When I start to turn off
lights, the boys are puzzled.

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They're used to entering
sleep by ceding to me.

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Their hum and fizz.

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The way they give
me $0.50 to hold,

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so they can play without money.

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I'm their nightlight.

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I'm the bread baked
while they sleep.

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And I can scarcely stand up.

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Dry in the mouth and
dizzied by fatigue.

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From our rooms, we
call back and forth

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to the worn magic
of our passwords,

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and let one another go.

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In the morning,
Sebastian asks, who

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was the last to fall asleep?

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And none of us cares or knows.

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