Joseph P. DiMino Poet Free verse

To Sleep

"To sleep...perchance to dream...."
The heck with that! How about to sleep, 
per chance to sleep! What is this obsession
with dreaming?!  Dreaming I can
do anytime awake.  Sleeping is a
desperately needed break, not to dream 
for goodness sake! To sleep, and just sleep
is what I lights-out seek.  Some rest, no dream 
of any kind:  "Is all we see and seem...."  
Stuff it, Poe.  Who wants to dream while
sleeping?~ awakened, needing to again 
to slowly flow~~~Awake, seeing life
dribble away...I pray, hoping heaven has enough 
restrooms for seniors.  And no quarters needed,
please, if I can't take it with me for when I have
to go.

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Joe Maverick October 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM What the heck.? Indeed isn't that the Firm that do meatless sausages.? No beef here..I suppose i must put.' Though your lines are but a 'drop in the bucket.?' As things hit the fan..? Or fans.?? No let me re-phrase that..' To Late to late..' As in shakespear its all A blot on fate..? Damn I'm really just at Heart your Bogan mate.' Joseph P. DiMino October 5, 2025 at 6:22 AM Wonderful, witty comment, Joe. Thank you. "Though your lines are but a 'drop in the bucket." -- Love it!

Kim Rodrigues October 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM The heck with that! How about to sleep, per chance to sleep! …a bit funny, but I suspect your angst. hugs Joseph P. DiMino October 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM Being truthful but also attempting to be humorous. What the heck! Thank you, my friend. Have a great weekend.

Andrea Dietrich October 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM Haha. You are kind of like me but in another way not. I had insomnia and was sleeping only 4 hours a night. Finally had to get on sleeping pills. I try to use them sparingly. I can usually GET to sleep but then I wake up again and again. Anyway. I love my dreams, so that is why I love to sleep. I honestly don't feel tired even on 4 ,,hours sleep. The pill give me sleep AND dreams. A two for one! Fun poem Joseph P. DiMino October 4, 2025 at 4:03 AM Hi Andrea; yes, I have always been a poor sleeper. Everyone is different. I hear there are people, though rare, who don't sleep. Difficult to imagine, and yet they function well. Books written on dreams. Some people, travel, invent, inspired, wake up immediately and write -- think I have done all of things. Have been visited by the dead, and told some amazing things that turned out to be true. Sleep, an amazing dimension I call it. Thank you, my friend. Have a great writing day. Sleeping pills I have not tried, but cop to a glass of wine. When all else fails, I read my own poetry...puts me right out:))

Valsa George October 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM To be able to sleep sound and in peace is a blessing even in a metaphorical sense. I am sure Heaven has enough rest rooms ! I enjoyed reading your half humourous and half serious poetry. Dreaming is of course a different thing. That we can do even while awake. Joseph P. DiMino October 4, 2025 at 4:10 AM Difficult to turn off the mind...always something I want to think and write about. My poetry, in many ways, are expressions of my own self absorption. My mind falling in and out of thoughtful dimensions. I love to think. Never take a book with me. Perfectly amused, fascinated by my own mind -- that must sound terribly egotistical. I really don't mean it that way. I think. Most of my thinking is spiritual, prayerful. I talk with God all day, like a friendship -- He is wiser. Now I sound like a complete lunatic:)) Oh well, worst pastimes I would think. Blessings my friend.

sara Etgen-Baker October 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM your poem cracked me up.....'enough restrooms for seniors'...that's an undeniable truth. I don't recall when was the last time I slept through the whole night without 'having to go.' sigh Joseph P. DiMino October 4, 2025 at 4:22 AM Thank you, Sara; I think weak bladder, prostrate more with men, after a certain age is very common. I think restrooms, when I leave this earth, will be the least of my problems:)) So glade you got a chuckle out of this one. Somewhat truthful, somewhat written just for fun. Cats keep me mostly awake...don't have the heart to lock them out of the bedroom, both indoor cats. Blessings my friend.

Paula Goldsmith October 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM "To Sleep" is a creative write. Love your fun line, "I pray, hoping heaven has enough restrooms for seniors." Oh Yes... I thought everything in heaven was free. Hahaha!!! Have a fun day/weekend writing away.......... Joseph P. DiMino October 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM I would like to think so...but...Jesus does not say anything about that in the bible that I can recall. I must reread. Hum, says something hear about lying politicians...I'll get back to you. Thank you, Paula; have a fun writing day!

Hilda Greenhough October 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM Lol. Your not taking your money but you're taking your bladder? A few dreams that we can't remember aren't too bad. I don't like the ones that worry me, like "did I get that bill paid?" Joseph P. DiMino October 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM Instead of mansions and gold roads, I would settle for mediocre and plenty of restrooms...oh, and fishing.

Anne-Lise Andresen October 3, 2025 at 5:58 AM - We need some rest at night, Joe :) - A fun ending ... :) - Happy Friday and enjoy your weekend :) - hugs Joseph P. DiMino October 3, 2025 at 6:24 AM Hi Anne; and you also, have a wonderful, peaceful weekend. Lots of creative stuff. Thank you.