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Poetry Friday

INSOMNIA

But it’s really fear you want to talk about and cannot find the words so you jeer at yourself

you call yourself a coward you wake at 2 a.m. thinking failure, fool, unable to sleep, unable to sleep

buzzing away on your mattress with two pillows and a quilt, they call them comforters, [...]

One of these days …

… I’ll figure out how to get a really good night’s sleep without having to resort to some sort of supplement or pharmaceutical to either induce sleep or kill pain so that sleep can come naturally.

Buy until that day I’ll lie in bed, tapping away on my iPhone or reading until I just [...]

Reasonableness

One of these days I’ll figure out what it’s going to take to get me to go to bed at a reasonable hour, so I’m not struggling through the next day at work on only 3-4 hours of sleep.

But not tonight.

Poetry Friday (and it’s a doozy)

HEY ALLEN GINSBERG WHERE HAVE YOU GONE AND WHAT WOULD YOU THINK OF MY DRUGS?

A mouse went to see his mother. When his car broke down he bought a bike. When the bike wore out he bought skates. When the skates wore down he ran. He ran until his sneakers wore through. Then he [...]

Divorce-induced insomnia

You know what sucks the most about not being married anymore, aside from not being able to see what was (and may still be) my best friend everyday?

Going to bed alone.

Not because of sex, but just having someone there … it’s very comforting. I don’t think I’ve had a really good night’s sleep [...]

This is a vacation?

I’m taking a few days off from work because, well, I just needed to take a few days off.

I was originally planning to go down to Fountain Hills, AZ (where my mom and stepdad live), to cheer on Kathy Sherwin, et al, at the NMBS race down there, but due to finances (and lack [...]

Sleep … beautiful sleep …

Wonder if I’m ever gonna get any that’s not induced by either prescription or homeopathic drugs or hormones?

Time for an Ambien-induced coma; hopefully I’ll be able to wake up at my normal hour in the morning!

At least I got my good deed in for the day, by taking food to an ailing colleague [...]