When I was small I liked to keep <br />a calendar to count the days, <br />and, too, the nights, that's when I sleep, <br />but there are many different ways <br />to keep good track of what's in store <br />especially the pleasant stuff <br />so I devised the rules for more <br />of what we figure as enough. <br />Each dawn I open a small pane, <br />a paper window, look inside <br />and it allows to ascertain <br />how far away would be the tide. <br />How many sleeps, so asks the child <br />until we hug to mark the date, <br />and in my cabinet is filed: <br />tis is the day and not too late.<br /><br />Herbert Nehrlich<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/how-many-sleeps/
