Into The Osmocosm

And: 'Insomnia Vincit Omnia,' a bit of bad poetry about sleep deprivation

Steve Martin in ‘Roxanne’

Readers will recall that I am eight days into a self-directed cold turkey detox from Ambien, the prescription sleep medication. Now that I’m having to learn how to fall asleep naturally, I find that an imaginative trick sometimes works. After I’m in bed and have said my prayers, I close my eyes and imagine that I am in the great…