Beat

The wound care
Nurse takes my blood
Pressure looks worried as
My heart rate is only 36
She’s going to try again
And I stop thinking of
Hibernation sleep
Giving her a 78
I must try to
Remember
Medical
Professionals
Do not believe in
Biofeedback from
Patients and I forget
That lowering my blood
Pressure also lowers
My heart rate but
In either case
We learned
Long sleep
Ages ago
To wait
Out
Storm time
Snug in furs
On soft grasses
Piled on a cave floor
Before we ever got fire
To light our midnight
Rambles to check
Perimeter before
Falling back to
Deep sleep
A longer
Time.