Downing news and coffee, hands may shake
though there’s really nothing wrong with you at all
in needing an alarm clock to awake.
Days when the trees shine after dense clouds break
sustain one through the long gray fall
though downing news and coffee hands may shake.
Hard to say why the greediness wouldn’t brake
and the surging tempers on top of it all.
Some always need alarm clocks to awake.
Disasters, bombings, and the rest don’t make
our own time spent among bad fates more small;
having downed bad news and coffee hands will shake.
So many steps now until we finally take
the winding last ones past our own great wall--
still relying on alarm clocks to awake.
In the cycling seasons some might fake
triumphant spirit till the angels call
but downing news and coffee our hands shake
and still we need alarm calls to awake.
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Mark Francis
Published translator of verse and original writer of haiku, senryu, lyric, occasional and genre poetry and speculative fiction.
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Comments (1)
Your poem is "brewtiful"! 😂 This poem beautifully captures the paradox of our existence—how we navigate through daily routines, fueled by news and coffee, yet grapple with uncertainties. The recurring theme of needing an alarm clock becomes a powerful symbol for the struggle to awaken in the midst of life's challenges. Love it!!