Awake (2) The Guilty's Descent

It's been six months and Taylor hasn't slept for a minute of it. 

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.

Awake is a film I discovered three years ago, and it was so disturbing that it inspired me to write this five-act poem:

The coffee pot is hot enough –

I switch it quickly on and off.

It percolates just loud enough –

I switch it quickly on and off.

The coffee pot speaks well enough –

I switch it quickly on and off.

It needs a talking to – enough –

I switch it quickly on and off.

It knows how guilty well enough –

I switch it quickly on and off.

Awake, Act 2. The Guilty's Descent © Ron Villejo