Insomnia, the bane of night's existence

For "Words Count" over at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, our mistress of the well-chosen word, Mama Zen, has asked us to write about insomnia. Companion of my nights, murderer of my days, insomnia...

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I wrote the book

on insomnia,

but I’ve forgotten

where I put it.

pacing the floor,

night after night,

I took insomnia

and dissected it,

examined its every molecule,

every nuance,

every characteristic

so characteristic

of my nights with it.

I became one

with insomnia,

ate it, drank it,

all but slept with it—

that I could not do.

Kay Davies, March, 2014

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Rewritten to 60 words in keeping with the "Words Count" challenge.