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While you wrestle with indigestion
Too many carbs the books say
Be they cat or dog or both
They sit at your feet
Peering faithfully at your darkening expression
As you try to watch TV
While your mate
Scolds you with
I told you so
Later
Rather
Than sooner
TV speaks of troubles
Greater than your own
Making your digestion recede
While your mind plays with
Bills
Marriage
Children
Job
Et al
After which as the habitual sounds
Of car horns
Sirens
Angry street voices
Drawing ire from your cat and dog
Grow silent
Leaving the peaceful sound of
Trees full of leaves rustling
Busy with their own worries
As fall chill alerts their fight or flight instinct
All while…
Your night light
Not dim enough
To keep your mind shadows
At bay
Your snoring
Not loud enough
To scare off the nightly visit
Of undesirable dreams
You turn on the bed lamp
Grab your iPad
And scan
Knowing trouble galore
Is overwhelming on the internet
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For me, it was spasms just after I went to bed. Stretching exercises helped, but until we addressed my ingrown toenails, the spasms continued unabated. With the spasms gone, I decided to lose weight by alternately eating less every other day. That helped immensely, too.
But I've developed a habit of listening to and watching music from old favorite songs on a YouTube AI generated playlist initiated by my thinking of something to listen to like, Mr. Bojangles. And then, the Sammy Davis Jr. belts out the last… "Dance…" A new video appears and the playlist continues until midnight when the iPad automatically times out, I take my baclofen for spasms at midnight and fall asleep like never before. Only waking up to urinate and require being turned to avoid aches and pains and bedsores.
Ron