Go the Fuck to Sleep. Adam Mansbach

       for Vivien, without whom none of this would be possible

      The cats nestle close to their kittens,

      The lambs have laid down with the sheep.

      You’re cosy and warm in your bed, my dear.

      Please go the fuck to sleep.

      The windows are dark in the town, child.

      The whales huddle down in the deep.

      I’ll read you one very last book if you swear

      You’ll go the fuck to sleep.

      The eagles who soar through the sky are at rest

      Like the creatures who crawl, run, and creep.

      I know you’re not thirsty. That’s bullshit. Don’t lie.

      Lie the fuck down, my darling, and sleep.

      The wind whispers soft through the grass, hon.

      The field mice, they make not a peep.

      It’s been thirty-eight minutes already.