OK Brian
I may be completely off my rocker but this is how I read that poem.
I pictured a guy in a bar that is open 24 hours a day. . He has been on a drinking binge and three 4 o' clocks have gone by - gonna be late for everything.
He has drank so much, if he was stopped by the police -he fail the sobriety test.
However - realizes he can't drive so he has to wait til he sobers up - making a good decision regarding his fate.
(Better to be late than dead or having something terrible occur.)
and that's when you know you wrote something really good Brian, when people see the word sand have very different interpretations. Well done.
Like Phill said in a different thread- it's a mute point by now as the ship has long sailed - but keep them coming Man !
Your vision is not limited by what your eye can see, but what your mind can imagine.
Make your life count, and the world will be a better place because you tried.
"Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except only the the best." - Henry Van Dyke