Wake-Up Call

Wake Up Call

Like a thorn in my flesh
Constantly bugging
Never letting me sleep
Day in, day out
At the exact hour, as sure as the sun, SHE comes
She's never late, she never fails.

When she comes,
She comes along with all her hullabaloo and tantrums
Shaking and screaming
Throwing fits with fury
She's never late, she never fails.

Some times I hear her in my dreams
She persists till I wake
Frowning and cursing, I get up
Grumbling, mumbling and stumbling
through my morning routine
She's never late, she never fails.

Come the very next morning
All over-again
At exactly the same hour, she starts!...
She's never late, she never fails...
My good ol' alarm clock.