The alarm noise buzzing like a goal horn
Buzzing threw my body like a fly on a dirty old windowsill

I’m not getting up
I’m not getting up
I’m not getting up

I kept on telling myself that
That changed very quickly though

My mom came storming in my unkept room like a stampede
Yelling at me to get up

I found myself flopping out of my messy bed like a fish out of water
I felt dead as a doorknob

My energy level is low
As I’m eating my breakfast in my bright yellow kitchen
That’s when I noticed something

I noticed something absolutely terrible
It’s raining cats and dogs on a Monday morning

A dark cloud formed over my head

By Tommy Doherty
Class of 2023