Quiet for a While
Janet Kuypers
(01/22/12)
your incessant screaming
is making me go insane
all I want is some rest
and there you go,
bothering me again,
destroying my peace
and when I finally feel
I’m at one with the world
you harass me again,
you screech and wail
until I can’t take it any longer
and I use my bare hand
to strike you hard,
to shut you up
you stay quiet for a while
but only a day goes by
before you do it again
before you set me off agin
I swear, if I din’t need you
so much in my life
if I thought I could get along
without you every morning
if I didn’t need you
to get me through my day
I would get rid you you
I’d kick you to the curb
because this cycle is killing me
and how many more times
will you do this to me
before you break down?
but I know we’ll do this daily battle
before you’re reduced to nothing
and I’ll find someone else
to give me life again
(this is a poem about an alarm clock)
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