I have to ask you 45 minutes of official questions
said Danny and that will determine whether or not
you qualify for the sleep study and then you will have to decide
whether or not you want to participate. Of course
it’s up to you. OK here goes the official part:
Rate your sleep from 1 to 4. One is Not That Bad.
4 is Insufferable. What do you think?
Also we have to test you for memory loss so I will tell you
a story that isn’t too long and I want you to listen
carefully and then repeat whatever you remember to me:
Anna Thompson a school cafeteria worker in South Boston
was robbed of 56 dollars. She’s the mother of four young
children. The police took up a collection for her.
What do you think? asked Danny.
Not much of a story I said although the outline is there.
What did she look like and who was the robber and had she
ever been robbed before and was he in the cafeteria line?
Have you ever written a sleep study said Danny.
That would a Good Job for you.
Ah ja ja
He, obviously, knows very few poets. A poet is a very observant person. No detail too small to build a poem. Sleep study writing might be ok, a different kind of poem.