Every day I find a hundred reasons
to fall out of love with the world
starting with the alarm clock
when it rings
when it doesn’t ring
with it’s clockwork regularity
with it’s irregular movements
when it has a blip
or it forgets
when it remembers
to loose time
when it rings before it should
when it gobbles up time for breakfast
when it stops for a rest and makes me late
when it’s tick doesn’t tock
when it tocks
when it tocks too much
when it tocks too early
when it’s too tocking early
when it falls out with my watch
and neither can be trusted to tell the truth
when it’s tock doesn’t tick
when it’s ticking too fast
when it’s ticking too slow
every day it tocks
every day it ticks
and one thing’s for sure
I’m not in love with it
Great concept and it’s fun, especially ‘when it’s too tocking early’!
Couple of typos: Lines 6&7 ‘its’ without apostrophes. And ‘when its tock doesn’t tick’ … and ‘to lose time’.
Super-duper
thank you Robbie – I’m good at tiepows!