Jet Lag
I’m not entirely sure who “they” are,
but “they” say it takes a whole day
for every single hour of difference.
So, if you leave the virtually Antarctic cold of west coast Canada,
and arrive in the desert wastelands of Abu Dhabi,
it should take 12 days to recover from this thing “they” call jet lag.
This all explains why I am sitting up in bed
writing poetry by flashlight.
Too lazy to get out of bed at 2 a.m. to turn on the light,
but too wide awake to stop cranking the flashlight,
put down my pen, and fall asleep.
I guess it makes sense that there are some side effects like these.
After all, I travelled into the future.
That has to have some affect on your body.
I’m now comfortably sitting in Friday night darkness,
while those I left behind fight afternoon yawning,
as their lunch digests and the afternoon wears on.
Ten more days of this and I should be fine.
Back to normal.
Or so “they” say.
Font size:
Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 51 sec read
- 1 View
Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAX XBX XCCCX XXBXXX XXA |
---|---|
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 905 |
Words | 173 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 5, 6, 3 |
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Jet Lag" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 10 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/75880/jet-lag>.
Discuss the poem Jet Lag with the community...
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In