the snooze alarm

I hit the snooze alarm
at 7 a.m.
five more minutes
is all I ask.

but I hit it all morning.
at 8 then 9.
at
ten I look out the window
and see
the rain falling.

the alarm goes off
once more.
I reach over and push the button.
just ten more
minutes
and then i'm up and at em.

I just need a few
more winks of sleep to face
this day,
the world.
this life of mine.

at noon I rise but I don't
shine.
the music starts again.
okay, okay.
i'm up. just ten more
minutes I say, and hit
the button.
I lie back down.