"Deep in the night, those warnings scuttle around my mind like rats."
— Kennedy, Pagan (b. 1963)
Author
Date
September 18, 2016
Metaphor
"Deep in the night, those warnings scuttle around my mind like rats."
Metaphor in Context
Though one in 10 American adults suffer from chronic insomnia, we have yet to answer the most fundamental questions about the affliction. Scientists are still arguing about the mechanisms of sleep and the reasons it fails in seemingly healthy people. There are few -- if any -- reliable treatments for insomnia. At the same time, medical journals warn that bad sleep can fester into diseases like cancer and diabetes. Deep in the night, those warnings scuttle around my mind like rats.
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Pagan Kennedy, "The Insomnia Machine," The New York Times (September 18, 2016). <Link to nytimes.com>
Date of Entry
10/12/2016
