get up now

she calls me

in the wee hours of morning.

do you see this?

she says.

what?

i'm sleeping, see what?

the sun rising.

the sun coming up.

you have to get up now

and look

out the window.

it's amazing.

okay, i tell her. in a few

minutes.

it'll be too late then, she

says.

get up now.

you're missing a fabulous

sunrise.

jiminy crickets,

i tell her. throwing off the blankets.

you know, i'm really thinking

about blocking

your number.