I dreamt
of spending every night
beside a different body

sinuous and willowy
bulky and pillowy

shy and bold
warm and cold

responsive and alert
sullen and inert

&c.
&c.

for a year
ten years
a hundred

&c.

and then
after so many nights,
so many bodies,
finding someone there
who wasn't dreaming,
someone there
to wake me up.

Now I am awake
and can barely remember the bodies.
Can barely remember the slumber.
Can barely remember
the need to be woken.