Waking Up

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Still dark out.
Brain lagging, like a beetle carrying a couch.
Start pushed on the coffee machine.
Strong, bitter aroma drifts from
the kitchen.

B vitamins for focus.

Phone beeps.
Cats meow.
Body moves,
Mind crawls.

First piss of the day.
Check my reflection in the mirror
to make sure I’m still here.

I just want to write.
Want the work done.
Snowy morning
but I’ll shovel the lines first.

Author's Note

I just dropped a new poetry video on YouTube words read out loud, no polish, no net:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?vLEQlkNVsIQA

My books are on Amazon if you want more.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Thomas-W.-Case/author/B0CL2RKDGX?refsr

Reviews

[Rosie C]

Blimey, I’m not a morning person unfortunately.

But.. However, I do like to write a decent review.

And this is an entertaining piece. Quite amusingly loud to the reader.

Too much going on for me, but it’s not a busy poem. Just a lot of describing of doing words as well as sounds.

Creative thinking at play. I like this. Extraordinary read.

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you. Much appreciated.

[ETERNITY]

I think I'll listen to Beethoven as I am now whenever I read your writes. You have that flavor. Even "the first piss of the day" works perfectly! lol.
Oh gosh, "a beetle carrying a couch" that's great!
(The spoon I stir my coffee and tea still has a funny flavor to me.)
My brother from a different mother. You're awesome

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you so much. I appreciate it.

[John the Baptist]

How is it that you matched my waking up experience almost perfectly? If it wasn't for the coffee I might stay in a trance until noon.

[Thomas W Case]

I hear you. Thanks for stopping by.

[red93]

You got it bad Thomas - the deep need to write - and yr purple patch continues. I am usually awake by 4am. But these days I am not standing freezing at the Bus Stop at 7am, to attend @ Royal Mail by 8am. How I managed to do that for all those years, I really couldn't tell you. Exceptional ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, my friend.

[Michael Sun Bear]

As an insomniac I am typically awake very early and that is probably my favorite time to catch up on writers here . So here it is, early morning, reading your poem about mornings, a delight. “like a beetle carrying a couch” gave me a big smile; that image will stick with me a while.

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, my friend.