A Look At Who Naps by Sam Roberts

This is my poetry response to an article in the NYTimes, “A Look At Who Naps” by Sam Roberts. 

Napper’s Delight

Guilty as sin! A napper is told
National survey release was today doled

Sleep deprived people from all walks of life admit
All I need is a little nap, as I sit, just a bit

Race and sex again related
The unemployed have also been spotted

Nap if you will, as the poor do often
Article reading with eyes resting on a swaying train in Brooklyn

Do you nap because you are ill?
Are you indeed just too lazy with no real skill?

Many are said to take the nappers thrill
Einstein, Edison, Reagan, Clinton, and Churchill

So nap if you can, no need for shame
Nap is the new exercise! You should thus claim