I may,
if I can,
sleep; since I must,
die.
Some say,
rise.


"The Monosyllable" lines 15–20, The Chinese Insomniacs: New Poems, 1981, University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN 0812278186

Josephine Jacobsen Quotes

I may, if I can, sleep; since I must, die. Some say, rise.

I may, if I can, sleep; since I must, die. Some say, rise.

I may, if I can, sleep; since I must, die. Some say, rise.

I may, if I can, sleep; since I must, die. Some say, rise.