I’ll stay awake till I fall asleep

I wonder as into bed I creep
What it feels like to fall asleep.
I’ve told myself stories, I’ve counted sheep,
But I’m always asleep when I fall asleep.
Tonight my eyes I will open keep,
And I’ll stay awake till I fall asleep,
Then I’ll know what it feels like to fall asleep,
Asleep,
Asleeep,
Asleeeep…

I have always loved this poem by Ogden Nash. It was narrated on a record I got from my father when I was very young. I must have listened to it hundreds of time. It was on the Nutcracker Suite (music by Tchaikowsky) - poetry by Ogden Nash and narrated by Peter Ustinov. What a line up!

Think it’s time I dusted off that record and found a turntable…