Eight Hours of Sleep a Night

Take all your vitamins and meds, twice a day
    Exercise often, don't just 'play'
  Eat healthy foods, but sparingly
    No caffeine ever after mid-day

  Regular visits, doctor and dental
    And don't forget to check the mental
  Make sure you're insured: life, health, house and car
    Work long and hard hours, you're not a rock star

  Constantly check your emails, texts and twitters too
    Don't neglect your cousins in Kiev and Timbuktu
  Inspect the a/c, heater, all vents and sump-pump sure enough
    Use color-coded folders for your financial records and stuff

  Now just follow these simple regulations and rules
    And don't sweat the sleep ~ you insomniac, you
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Kingston Avatar
January 22, 2023 at 6:02 PM
Oh my gosh..I'm popped just reading this poem. Ugh...every word is true. This soo funny. I shared with my husband, now we are checking our sump pump! I read this online one time: Long hair, now longing for hair. Going to a new hip joint, getting a new hip joint. Rolling stones, kidney stones. Made me laugh as did your poem :0)!!!! I loved this one, just loved it.
Wolf Avatar
January 22, 2023 at 6:56 PM
Glad to hear you had fun with this one, Marikate. Laughter and Levity, Gershon
Ligon Avatar
January 19, 2023 at 11:35 AM
Hard to get all that in and catch in the zzz's also. (That's probably what you were getting at.) Always entertaining to read your poems. Life's been so full, but I'm catching my breath now. Wanted to wish you a happy new year!
Wolf Avatar
January 22, 2023 at 7:02 PM
And a Happy New 2023 to you, Juliet. Nice to see your avatar pop up!
Krutsinger Avatar
January 18, 2023 at 1:51 AM
I love these end rhymes " Constantly check your emails, texts and twitters too Don't neglect your cousins in Kiev and Timbuktu"
Wolf Avatar
January 22, 2023 at 7:42 PM
If not Timbuktu, then at least Waterloo. ~ Napoleon
Tor Avatar
January 17, 2023 at 9:03 AM
Gershon this was written for my wife. I ask her how she slept and her reply is always I didn't...
Wolf Avatar
January 22, 2023 at 7:55 PM
Thirty years ago you could have tried for 'Don't ask; don't tell! ~ The Clintons
Fowler Avatar
January 17, 2023 at 8:33 AM
LOLOL gw. Rule #1: There are no rules!
Wolf Avatar
January 22, 2023 at 7:56 PM
Rule #2, Linda: See Rule #1. ~ Number Three
Singh Avatar
January 17, 2023 at 3:18 AM
A sound sleep so required .Nice.Like it.
Wolf Avatar
January 22, 2023 at 7:59 PM
Thank you for the visit and your nice comment, Akham.
Mccann Avatar
January 16, 2023 at 11:56 PM
Good one, Gershon! I can't believe how hard it is just to work out when to take the twelve pills ! Elizabeth
Wolf Avatar
January 22, 2023 at 8:02 PM
Even more delightful when you add a couple '10-day-courses' of antibiotics or such to the mix. HELP! ~ Screaming down the hall...
Sangster - K Avatar
January 16, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Among other things, insomnia is something I struggling with. :-/ I've not been sleeping properly and am up burning the midnight oil often into the early am hours. That's when I find myself here on Poetrysoup. Very good advice tho and nicely done in your poem. Hugs Anne :-)
Wolf Avatar
January 16, 2023 at 7:33 PM
Welcome to the 'Club,' Anne. My only advice: Google 'belly-breathing' and try it. Works for me much of the time. Keep smiling, gw
Bauer Avatar
January 16, 2023 at 2:24 PM
good one, gershon! if only we could follow those rules, we'd all be better off. wish i could nail the sleep part...
Wolf Avatar
January 16, 2023 at 6:57 PM
I can help you 'nail that sleep part,' Ilene: Just sleep on a bed of nails. ~ Maharishi G.
Cunningham Avatar
January 16, 2023 at 8:17 AM
If only Gershon, when I wake at an ungodly hour what do I do, I look on here. We're our own worst enemy at times. Tom
Wolf Avatar
January 16, 2023 at 7:00 PM
I do it too often myself, Tom. Nothin' better to do at 3:00 a.m., I guess...
Romios Avatar
January 15, 2023 at 10:48 PM
Love it..,I hear several pet friends are experiencing this…. The internet will keep anyone awake all night. We must sleep. Panagiota
Wolf Avatar
January 16, 2023 at 7:01 PM
The Internet sure snags a lot of victims at night...
Seeker Avatar
January 15, 2023 at 9:53 PM
With so many things to do where’s time to undo, decluttering the mind and infusing in heart loving thoughts kind ~ enjoyed the write, gw
Wolf Avatar
January 16, 2023 at 7:03 PM
one thing at a time, resets the time...
M  Avatar
January 15, 2023 at 9:46 PM
Oh I hear you B.B it never ends …..continual must do’s…gets on my nerves!! Enjoyed….Debx
Wolf Avatar
January 16, 2023 at 7:11 PM
Time to turn off all the incessant drumbeats! Good luck, gw
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