Sunrise

Day's Break

I hate the unmeasured morning,
the punch and shove of the alarm,
the coffee mug still three-quarters full
cooling on the counter, the tee shirt heaped
in a pile on the kitchen table.

First stanza of "Day's Break"
appearing in The Paterson Literary Review 33 (2004).
Copyright 2004: J. Elizabeth Clark
Photograph: "Sunrise Over the Hudson"
Copyright 2008: J. Elizabeth Clark

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