BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP. slam.
6:42 A.M. blink. Yawn
Six Forty Two A.M. blink. god. not.
Again.
It's This. Damn plastic monstrosity.
Telling me. For the 5,934,812th
The Five Millionth, Nine Hundred and Thirty Four Thousandth, Eight Hundred and Twelfth Time.
That I've spent enough vacation hours in my dream world
Fantasy. It's a constant.
Reminder: Your 5 minutes ago is gone.
Note to self: You're 5 minutes closer to gone.
Memo: That's 5 minutes you could have been______.
And. I. Tick. Away. Like. Nothing. More. Than.
A. Second. Hand. Spinning. Clockwise. On. A.
Broken. Neglected. Pawn-shop Watch. Going.
Nowhere. Until. I. Just. Stop. And. I. hate. it
So on Sunday
I go to consult Pinocchio.
A boy who really knows
What it truly means to be real.
And he tells me that things will be ok.
And he tells me that it'll be alright
But.
My how his nose has grown.
My how his nose has grown.