Strings Attached

When You Cannot Sleep

27 When You Cannot Sleep you measure nuances in the sky, black turns indigo with a gradient of air-force blue gone navy, and the full moon fades as you play connect the dots with random stars when you cannot sleep you feel a kinship with those who share your circadian rhythm, refer to Edison who slept only two hours, and Martha Stewart four, which explains why she has time to raise llamas, and blue egg chickens, and why he invented the light bulb when you cannot sleep you test the remedies for insomnia —chamomile tea, warm milk, hot bath— placing your bed in the ideal feng shui spot—further from the door or diagonally from the door, but not in line with the door when you cannot sleep you replay the day, the week, your entire life—turning to Facebook, reading every post going back five years, realizing how desperate you are when you find yourself taking the 28 What Fairy Tale Character Are You? quiz when you cannot sleep you entertain moving to the other side of the equator convinced you’re a victim of the time zone or daylight savings time or leap year when you cannot sleep you become foolishly hopeful as you approach your 800-thread-count sheets— wearing 100% Egyptian cotton, having tried the Serta Perfect, Tempur-Pedic, Kingsdown, ready to mortgage your home for the $60,000 Vividus and the promise of sleeping on a cloud. ...