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Leonard Cohen said it, Max. On 01/08/2013, at 6:18 AM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > In all this, Doug, we seem to be alike. > > I think this piece was meant to sound cocky and complacent at first, uncaringly unimaginative and unsympathetic to insomniacs, then overturned by misgivings. > Others near me have been death-haunted from early youth, and they always make me feel thoughtless about what's most serious… > Who said 'cheerfulness keeps breaking in'? > > Max > On 01/08/2013, at 1:27 AM, Douglas Barbour wrote: > >> I tend to fall asleep easily too, Max. But never managed anything so thoughtful when waking, those moments during the night... >> >> And still manage to avoid thinking much about the end... >> >> Hmmnnn.... >> >> Doug >> On 2013-07-31, at 1:18 AM, 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. >