there are worse things than not being able to sleep for thinking about them

There are worse things than having behaved foolishly in public. 

There are worse things than these miniature betrayals, 

committed or endured or suspected; there are worse things 

than not being able to sleep for thinking about them. 

It is 5 a.m. All the worse things come stalking in 

and stand icily about the bed looking worse and worse and worse. 

[Fleur Adcock {1934- } 'Things', from Poems 1960-2000]