How To Prepare

* Write a list:
* Wash your hair in the morning.
* Do your jobs - remember all the mini-tasks.
* Set an auto-response for the time you are away. .
* Set reminders for when you are back.
* Say goodbyes.
* Pick up the shopping left over at the store.
* Go to the parlour. Get hair done.
* Do the packing at home; gifts, clothes, medicines, telephones, chargers, money, all that stuff.
* Oh yes! Passport! Ticket! Pen!
* Maybe also paper
* Say goodbyes (again).
* Make a list. A new one.

Insomnia

Some window seems to be banging against the sill,
and I cannot find it.
I'm afraid I know which window it is,
and of what I may find behind it..
The dogs have been barking, that cannot be good.
This is a very very quiet, dark neighbourhood.
I live alone; I'm afraid of being alone,
I wouldn't like living with someone.
and I'm afraid I'm not alone...