Insomnia- – Friday Flash 55
Insomnia
I remember
nights slept–
I mean, I don’t
remember them,
memory rolled shut
like the lid to a
business, closed-
for-the-day, the only trade
on its corrugated gray waves
that neon graffiti
tagged REM.
Oh, for those hours that abandoned me
in their not-wake,
oh for that now not-here,
oh, for that dark night’s alley.
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Here are 55 insomnia-honed words for the G-Man Mr. Knowitall. Ugh. (That’s to myself only, not the wonderful G-Man.) I have cheated a bit through the hyphenations. (For those 55 sticklers who do not believe in hyphenated words being a single word, cut out the last line!)
Tags: awake all night, insomnia poetry, iPad art, manicddaily, self-please leave me for a bit, too much tea
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ManicDDaily 
December 13, 2013 at 9:57 am
No counting for YOU Karin…Remember Carte Blanc…:-)
Loved your Sleepless 55
Don’t think for one minute that I don’t appreciate you and your fantastic talent that you share most Fridays with us.
You are a Peach! Even with those bags under your eyes…:P:P
Thanks for being such a class act…Have a Kick Ass Week-End
December 13, 2013 at 9:58 am
I just LOVE LOVE LOVE playing…UNO!!!!!!!
December 13, 2013 at 10:38 am
GAH! A perfect encapsulation of the regret and nostalgia(for the past peace of sleep taken for granted) and sheer sense of frustration insomnia brings. (I have had terrible bouts of it, and I recommend melatonin.) the hyphenated words are what make this one particularly vivid, k., so glad you went for them. Best wishes for less stress and more sleep in the future.
December 13, 2013 at 12:58 pm
Yes, I must try it more. I used it two nights in a row a couple of weeks ago and the dosage was a bit high – one pill but the second day I really felt hungover. I must try cutting in half. It is hard because I am often sleeping in different places in the City since I gave up my apartment, so the regular insomnia issues are compounded by not being in one’s own bed. k.
On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 10:38 AM, ManicDDaily
December 13, 2013 at 1:11 pm
Yes, unfamiliar surroundings don’t help matters. I’ve never had any after-effects from melatonin, but I once used an OTC sleep medication that has it combined with valerian and some other herbs, and it worked really well, but the morning after I felt like I’d been drinking phenobarbitol slurpees, lurching down the hall like a drunk. So, no more valerian, however orangic and pc. ;_). Hope you have a restful weekend, k.
December 13, 2013 at 11:01 am
ugh. when you cant sleep it sucks…not insomnia last night but a sick little boy…i am draggin butt today….but i have felt the claws of insomnia…and loss of hope in ever sleeping again some of those nights…
December 13, 2013 at 11:44 am
Feels like a curse, doesn’t it? Listen to Hedge- melatonin- great remedy. We used it for our detox clients since they couldn’t use drugs and it worked well. Or so I hope for you…
December 13, 2013 at 3:12 pm
when insomnia drops by, as my wife says, “I have things on my mind.” I get up, watch TV, fall asleep to the blinking screen; nice job on a very creative 55–I often use hyphens too. My 55 is here:
http://bibliosity.blogspot.com/2013/12/friday-13th.html
December 13, 2013 at 10:25 pm
Hope you get some rest soon. Giving up coffee(slowly) helps but so does the melatonin. The hangover feeling goes way after a couple of days. Or dropping the dose down a little might help. I count hyphenated words as one.
December 14, 2013 at 5:04 pm
Terrific extraction of the bullying exhaustion of insomnia ! You’re unbelievable ~ Loved it! Faithfully Debbie
December 14, 2013 at 11:12 pm
Cute drawing and fun words
December 16, 2013 at 2:31 pm
i really love that last line. it could be a set up for a whole next verse… : ) (don’t tell g-man) And, the neon graffiti visual is so right-on!
December 19, 2013 at 5:48 pm
Insomnia seems to hit when we most need sleep! Go figure. (and I love hyphenated words – I always count them as one 🙂