WAKE-UP

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Sun rises
Breaks the night
Rooster calls

Monday morning
Groggy mind
Body still belongs to Saturday night

People pass
Feet slouch
Hair in curls

Stack of papers
Welcome you to
New week of work

Caffeine in system
Weekend five days away
Dive into mind-numbing brutality

April 28, 1996

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