An ode to the morning alarm

What a vocation this
wretched machine shoulders!
A difficult one indeed!
To awaken beings
only to receive disdain
and cruel words.
It’s resonance no matter how
mellifluous,
Is only but a crow’s caw,
An abominable blare,
to an exhausted mind.
And yet, with such
commendable tenacity
it chimes ever so faithfully,
day after day.
Perhaps from this there is a lesson to be imbibed,
or if not, at least a small moment
of gratitude,
to that little gadget for its persistence,
and its threshold to endure.

Carol Mascarenhas
TYBA

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