Why I can't sleep

Lloyd Schwartz boils down my insomnia into six words:

Six Words

yes
no
maybe
sometimes
always
never

Never?
Yes.
Always?
No.
Sometimes?
Maybe—

maybe
never
sometimes.
Yes—
no
always:

always
maybe.
No—
never
yes.
Sometimes,

sometimes
(always)
yes.
Maybe
never . . .
No,

no—
sometimes.
Never.
Always?
Maybe.
Yes—

yes no
maybe sometimes
always never.

Lloyd Schwartz
Ploughshares
Volume 29, Number 1
Spring 2003
Carl Phillips, Guest Editor

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