Sleep Like I’m Dead

jean compton
3 min readOct 8, 2021
Photo: Paul Hanaoka/Unsplash

I have trouble sleeping. It’s been this way for a while.

I miss deep sleep. The kind of sleep you had as a child.

Sleep like a baby. That’s what I want. Deep sleep. The sleep of the dead. To be dead asleep.

Occasionally, I get it. Sleep, that is. Unfortunately, it’s when I’ve had a few too many drinks and pass out. Is that the same thing? I think not. As, I usually don’t feel…

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jean compton

I have an eye for the artful and influence. Essays, Memoir and Musings on this and that. Currently working on a memoir about my life as a dancer in 80's NYC