It's been six months and Taylor hasn't slept for a minute of it.Awake is a film I discovered three years ago, and it was so disturbing that it inspired me to write this five-act poem:
His girlfriend (Kate) is unaware of his extreme insomnia and leaves him overnight while she is away on a business trip. In her absence Taylor's sleep deprivation turns to psychosis.
Now alone he imagines his household appliances tormenting him.
Until he decides to act.
The
strain of violins is notable,
Piano
enters in adagio.
The
mortal, noble for the possible,
May
stake a place from its imbroglio –
Where
angels weep
And saints redeem,
So sinners
sleep
And lovers dream.
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