The Sleep Thief By J. Trig Brown, MD, MPH And so what if you're tired to the bone up all night robbed of rest away from home thief phone steals large bills of sleep you might have had tiny bandit beeper rifles through loose change and so what if you drag through the next morning clinic farther and farther and farther behind the gold ring snatched out of your grasp dreams for easy morning dashed ambushed in clinic fog and so what if you nearly fall asleep on your way home the highway's quiet you're finally alone dry scratchy eyes beg to close car wanders to and fro driving while you nap and so what if you nod off after dinner feel cramped grumpy mugged nodding snoring twisting tightly when the alarm explodes at 5:00 the next morning holding you up to do it again?