Nobly pathetic indeed, Max, insomnia. Debilitating, my partner would assert.
Bill
On 31/07/2013, at 5:18 PM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Getting to sleep is
> never a problem for me -
> well, almost never.
>
> Head lowered to pillow,
> eyes just close,
> breathing settles,
>
> I'm away.
> Sweet dreams, or none.
> Others, I know,
>
> speak of tossing
> and turning, dozing
> and starting up -
>
> full-on insomnia,
> flat out without rest,
> implying there's something
>
> nobly pathetic
> in wakefulness.
> Come off it! I do
>
> recall such nights, useful
> for thinking, planning,
> regretting also.
>
> Fearing the future -
> ever-nearing death -
> in the dark before dawn
>
> that's also much done.
> (How many sleeps
> till the big one?)
>
> So saying to myself
> in the dark, I hear
> two o'clock chime,
>
> three - enough, stupid -
> has to be concluded -
> to be concluded.
>
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