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Radio Alarm Clock

Duncan Gallimore

Birmingham




Radio Alarm Clock

Like burnt sugar it crackles static
Stirring me from sleep,
As if radio and I are the same:
Neither ready for breakfast.

Each night the station's tested for set,
Speaker strained clearly through speaker
Without any jarring of ears
But never preserved in the morning.

So how can I make it sound sweet?
The time required won't change -
It seems we're always set to test
Each other's boiling point.



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