Paralysis

by Kris Janvier

Photo by Anda Lupulet on Unsplash

Opaque windows in mansions
full of CEOs, underbosses, 
stock traders, basketball players, and
actresses sprawled on their 
king size mattresses
from Raymour and Flanigan
staring at the spinning ceiling fan
without a single blink
during the process of melatonin.
Their still bodies are sinking slowly and smoothly 
through the mattress like quicksand 
and began to fall in to the 
navy blue void
without a single command
from their brains to flap their arms
to fly back to their realms,
but due to melatonin,
their brains have completely shut down
as they crash landed on damp soil
filled with green worms
that eventually crawl
on their faces to close their
still eyes.