Ode to fellow insomniacs

[kejedo]

Things I think about when normal people are sleeping -
….late at night when slumber eludes me
I keep wishing a nap would include me

like all of my night owl kin, my brain is in a double spin
hoping, hoping that sleep will win
I wonder if dogs need to go out ag'in

A late night walk might calm me down
Why is 'object' both a verb and a noun?
Rouse the dogs, who give me a frown

Some folks find a single answer will do

The Quadratic formula can give up two.

Why are the axes rotated in three dimensions?
How many people got cheated on their pensions?

Reading a book has never worked
Try it again if I'm a jerk.
fountain jerks poured better soda
I never watched Kathy Lee and Hoda

One of their husbands was a sports commentator
the word, commenter, had been lengthened later

Why do people say "Hey you guys!"
to ladies, Is that wise?

Maybe I'll do some mental math
then take a shower or a bath.

Well, none of that worked at all
Why was the bikini named for an atoll?
Which is just a reef of coral
and not a bit like laurel?

I mean the plant and not Hardy's partner
I read about but don't remember Ava Gardner
What if there were 54 cards in my deck,
or worse, an error in my spell-check?

Imaginary numbers track electrical phase
if I use them in my bank, no one pays

My sleeplessness is almost gone.

Look outside: a brand new dawn.

Alarm clock sounds, I start to yawn.