10pm

by Charlottei aged 11

I try to sleep before ten,
before the ten chimes of Big Ben.
I try to sleep at ten-thirty-two
but suddenly I need the loo
I try to sleep at eleven o clock
I listen to my watch, tick-tock, tick tock
I sleep at oh, oh, hundred – midnight
I sleep with my blanket, held on tight
I wake at six forty four
just another minute or an hour more

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