INSOMNIA, ll

INSOMNIA

The secret to staying asleep at night
is to go to bed late, keeping yourself awake,
but not too stimulated—no good books,
no great movies, or charming lovers.
Reruns will do, but don't forget to set the timer
or you'll waken to the TV blaring in an empty room
with infomercial trying to sell you gawd knows what
and later, you'll have inexplicable cravings for
Congolium floors or timeshares
but the problem with timers is that
like with alarms clocks
you'll second guess when they'll go off
dozing cozily in the middle of the rerun
missing the climax, only to wake to a disjointed ending
and the writer in you will attempt to resolve the storyline
and there you are, at three am with owl's eyes
staring at the ceiling but it's all too banal to record.


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