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NOT AGAIN
sA.M.
It's three 0' clock,
Would sing, an old
Not oft, for many, three's a sight,
But comes it by every night.
I see it too much.
Leave the screen's, hazy blinds
Travel to the hallway winds,
Gnat floats in new lit air '
Shower head plays spigot b Ill, un-rhythmic care
p.
ausmg, look slow abou
YOU'vea purpose here? Iyes, no doubt.
Move.
Tone drops ring in the shower s ·.1 'rIsgII
And the gnat flies by the mirror sill,
Tooth brush to its holder-tap. Vl
N
F·
md alarm to hour set ::::i
GrUdging time to soon met; B
Turn out the light with fuzzy head .a.c.
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and wearily,
..aea..c.n.
unthinking,
Cl...
numbly,
The Awakening 45
get into bed.
-Clara Werner
