POE::Session->create(
    inline_states => {
      _start => sub {
        $_[KERNEL]->alarm( my_method => time() + 5, 0 );
      },
      my_method => sub {
        $self->method();
        $_[KERNEL]->alarm( my_method => time() + 5, $_[ARG0] + 1 );
      },
    }
  );