i'm in a half sleep
when i hear you speak
my name so gentle
in the way you ask it
only loud enough
to still my waking attention
rolling over and half smiling
you smile back barely replying
my words are numb
not mattering beyond acknowledgement
you are here like a dream
reaffirming the dream
you say the sort of thing
i would say to you if you asked
am i dreaming or are you real
and if you're real why am i asleep?
and when i wake there's a letter
in an envelope with my name
scribbled in my native alphabet
that you copied from a free online translator
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