CONUNDRUM

Photo by S. Auberle

I dreamed I couldn't sleep

till an old wizard gave me a shell.

Hold it to your ear,

he said, and listen to the sea,

and I did,

and dreamed I fell asleep.

This takes insomnia

to a whole new level

because when I awakened

from dreaming about sleeping

I couldn't get back to sleep

and had to get up

and take this picture

of Mediterranean shells

I found in Italy

and make coffee

and write this poem

till the sun came up.

- mimi