Kronstadt, Ken

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Digressions Literary MagazineVolume 1 Winter 2004 Article 191-1-2004Circadian Rhythm RedefinedKen KronstadtNova Southeastern UniversityFollow this and additional works at: http://nsuworks.nova.edu/digressionsPart of the Poetry CommonsThis Poetry is brought to you for free and open access by the CAHSS Journals at NSUWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digressions LiteraryMagazine by an authorized administrator of NSUWorks. For more information, please contact nsuworks@nova.edu.Recommended CitationKronstadt, Ken (2004) "Circadian Rhythm Redefined," Digressions Literary Magazine: Vol. 1, Article 19.Available at: http://nsuworks.nova.edu/digressions/vol1/iss1/1928 KEN KRONSTADT  Circadian Rhythm Redefined  Yet again, the foul morning has the nerve  to show her face through my window. I haul my limp body into the bathroom, hoping to shower away the weariness.   Translucent carrot-colored bottles containing magic potions  with lavish names like Ambien, Halcion, and Trazodone laugh at me from beside the cold marble sink, heartless pills unconcerned with my nauseous misery, a remnant of  their broken promises of  relief.  The benign advice of  well-rested authors beckons from the self-help section: Exercise more lose ten pounds  take vitamins don’t watch TV after 10 PM don’t use the computer after 10 PM stay away from artificial light go to sleep at the same time every night get up at the same time every day stop worrying so much just don’t think about it  MRIs, CAT scans, EKGs. The radiologist anticipates my prompt appearance, a bartender expecting his regulars at happy hour. “Don’t fall asleep,” he warns, “or we’ll have to do the test all over again.” I roll my eyes at his stupidity as the machine starts to whir. 29 I slip smoothly into the dark narrow tunnel. Dr. Freud smiles in his grave.  Never have I wanted so much  to be like other people, to part of  the fortunate masses for whom REM is just another band, for whom “To Dream The Impossible Dream” is just another song from a Broadway musical. “Magic Potions” By Ken Kronstadt   

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