Here's what I did at work while talking to students and answering the phone! I thought that I'd write something light hearted for a change. Hope you enjoy.

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late

don't you hate staying up late
putting finishing touches on a paper
trying to make it great?

slept for three hours
in the morning
feeling zapped of all powers to
disarm my alarm
i hate the beep, so I have it set
to the radio, yet

i'm too tired to hit the snooze
so i lie in bed
with the 102.1 the Edge morning crews
running through my head
"morning personality" gibberish comin out my speaker
the more i lie, the more i feel weaker to
wake up,
and pour myself a cup

so i....

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

did i just fall back asleep?
i could be wrong, but i think i was countin sheep
i'm almost too tired to tell
early morning hell
a Nazi goon couldn't get me out of bed
"MACH SCHNELL"

3 months after
the guys on the radio still grovel for laughter
by talking about Janet Jackson's boob
and all the things they'd do to it
with a melting ice cube,
and a tube of loob

okay i've had enough
of this morning personality dj stuff
so i make like a wolf
and i huff and i puff
and blow that shit down

i turn off the noise
and enjoy the silence by scratching "my boys"
aint nothing wrong with scratching my sack
through the flap
of my boxers
rebellion of the itch
wondering which
feels better to scratch the left or the right
i wish i got more sleep last night

no more waiting
even though i'm hating this morning
so i'm giving warning
of a sleep to awake transforming
...but my sheets are warming me
oh my pillow is SO comfy
and my bed is a sea of tranquility
what was i just thinking?
i appear to be sinking
and my blinking is slowing
where am i going???....

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
feels like i'm practicing meditative zen

when...
OOPS I DID IT AGAIN
WORK STARTS IN TEN
so i make like john glenn
and launch of bed
i'm going to be late
i'm better off dead
as i drag a comb over my head
i grab a shirt and give it a smell
the ol college smell check nevers fails

no time for a shower
if i'd woken up an hour prior i'd done so
and smelled like a flower
instead of sour milk
i'd be all zest fully clean and felt the power
of a shaven face and washed hair
of a scrubbed face and clean underwear

pop tart in hand, panicking hard core
car put in drive before closing the door
catching every red light
traffic overcrowding my field of sight
minutes pile on minutes
just might make it to work before sometime tonight

stroling into work
as a College of Education office clerk
looking like a jerk
i don't care, since i'm so senior
being late is a perk

i doubt i'll ever get fired
in a college atmosphere
punctuality not required
the only work stoppage will be when retired
or when i fall alseep at work for being so tired

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