Sleep Grazing

In the last twenty years of my existence, my sleep patterns have greatly changed;
I have accepted that I am a grazer, and my life-style rearranged!
Irregular, but so consistent, are the periods that I doze;
So rarely, more than a few hours, before my body is rearose!
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The wee hours are my favorites, from one to six a.m.;
I write, I cook, I exercise, no concern for REMs!
But when fatigue decides to beckon me, I ignore not it’s request;
I close my eyes and regenerate, at my tired body’s behest!
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I’m so happy that I can do this, and not have to sleep my life away;
So many of my contemporaries, need eight to ten hours a day!
For at my age, one’s years are limited, who wants to slumber in a bed;
I want to be awake for as long as possible, ideas and thoughts to my brain fed!
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I eschew slumber
Graze periodically
Refreshing respites