“CAN’T SLEEP”

       Awake at 4am, can’t get back to sleep,

        Reflux the culprit, popcorn the cause,

          Or maybe it was the TV dinner,

         Either way, it’s neither here nor there,

        I am up, with nothing to do but write,

        So here I sit in front of my computer,

         Writing little ditties to add to my site.

         Sleeping, of late, has become a chore,

          Would rather be doing something,

               Even if it were a bore,

          Better than getting to the point,

       Of saying that sleeping is a chore,

                      anymore…

           Oh please don’t let that happen,

           The only thing, other than driving,

               I do well is sleeping,

     Don’t let it become just another bore,

        But sleep will come tonight & more,

    In fact, I can feel myself creeping up to sleep,

                  As we speak.

      So before I fall asleep on the keyboard,

     Let me end here and to my bedroom walk

                      toward…

                                                                (ed)