POETRY: SLEEP DEPRIVATION

Sleep deprivation

It's become my Kryptonite

Plague of waking dreams

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The film that I wrote

Requires shooting all night

What was I thinking

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Artists must accept

We sacrifice for our dreams

So I will not sleep

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     I wrote a screenplay for a short film that requires the whole thing to be filmed at night, which translates to me not getting much sleep over the next couple of weekends. nothing too serious, but I require a bit more sleep than the average person...otherwise I begin having waking dreams. Pretty crazy stuff sometimes. Still, a small sacrifice to be able to pursue my dreams.