Introduction

Most of us have experienced some degree of insomnia. It's not funny at the time. In hindsight, however, the range and diversity of influences which keep us awake contain an element of humor.

Insomnia

It's two a.m. and I'm wide awake.
Nary a wink for heaven's sake.

The pillow is hard and the mattress lumpy.
At breakfast I will be bloody grumpy.

I ate that taco.. or was it a brick?
And now my eyelid has developed a tic.

My wife is oblivious to my plight..
A human buzzsaw dissecting the night.

A youthful driver enters our street.
The walls virtually rock to a rhythmic beat.

The window shade is almost worthless.
A jovial man, I'm rendered mirthless.

No rest for the wicked, or so they say.
The devil's handiwork is on display.

Let's try counting sheep..two, three, four..
Still not drowsy but ye gods, what a bore.

Ah..a trip to the fridge: the answer I think.
A desperate man, driven to the brink.

Copyright; Jay