sleep is a boy
who has been missing
from his place
who is nowhere to be found
not even under the desk
not near the clay computer
not outside the room
not where the barrels sound
with rainwater dripping in them
not near the outside trees
or the hunt house
sleep has escaped
leaving his satchel
behind
its crummy
because it would be recess time
and he is not as far as the ground stretches
the podium
the stage
the assembly line
sleep has probably gone home.
