7 A.M

7 A.M.
Time to sleep again
Time to brush teeth
As if for the morning routine
But instead
Not all is as seems
For this man
Has not yet slept
Deciding instead
To avoid bed
To better progress through his work
Until it's done
And the birds do chirp

The author's relationship with sleep is demonstrated as being a strained relationship in this verse: as sleep is the symbol of his lack of progress, and therefore the evil against which he must grapple in order to achieve progress.

Eat

Eat
Cheat hunger
From plate
To mouth
Devour
Envelope
Most necessary verb
Without
Cannot work
Eat

Notice how the word 'eat' book-ends the verse, like jaws, consuming all the words in between. 'Eat' shows us the hunger of the eater, like the teeth of a devouring beast bearing down upon the English language as though to envelope it forever in the belly of this most primal instinct: eating. Or did I just write the word 'eat' twice for the hell of it?