Morning Breath

I'm not a morning person

Awaken
the rhythm of dripping faucets
and the twangs of rusty radiators
shedding the moonlight from the
cracked spaces you can hardly reach
your fingers into.

Bent over fiddling with the meter;
shorts over tennis socks and fluffy
slippers. I put on my best coat
over a yellowing t-shirt.

Fingers press the crust back into
my eyes, where it belongs like the
trash I didn’t take out last night.

Descend the stairs, the morning
paper soaks in the salted slush
left behind by the morning rush.

Hush, how come nobody turns on the
heat in the hallways anymore?

Vapor breath migrates to warmer
beaches, sandy hallways.
They painted the walls warm,
to make it feel like home.  

Shut the blinds, cut the corners
of the light with curtains that
curtail the light into greyscale. 

You might as well make breakfast
and fill your stomach with orange
and egg whites,
so that you can throw up on the
world with the colours of sunshine.

Reviews

[Tina Louise UK]

Great piece, love the last stanza :) x

[CosminDZS]

Merci for the comments!

[EllersMerry]

"...throw up on the world with the colours of sunshine" is a really stunning line. I really loved that!
Nice one!

[CosminDZS]

That's the cynic in me talking, you can tell I didn't wake up with a smile on my face this morning. Heh thanks for the honesty though, maybe someone shares my sentiments.

[EllersMerry]

No, I completely understand. It's like, "Oh the world wants me to be happy. Well here you go, have some sunshine coloured, happy rainbow vomit."

[CosminDZS]

somebody gets it, stellar interpretation friend

[EllersMerry]

I am also violently not a morning person. since coming to uni I try to avoid them all together. This poem definitely resonates with the student/hangover/morning hater lifestyle. I love how sarcastic and dry it sounds

[Madalyn Beck]

Bahaha ok, I laughed so hard at the end of this. Very Very good tale of how the hangover hangs on! Loved this!

[CosminDZS]

I must wake up hungover every morning then, appreciate the time you took to read this though.

[Scott Metro]

Funny stuff...yes...puke up some sunshine...lol


Enjoyed it.
Scott

[Sami Khalil]

I can tell you are not a morning person. A splendid read and write...:)..............