Did you ever want to kill a rooster?
The one that crows at 5 o'clock in the morning.
Years of getting up at the crack of dawn,
now that I'm retired I want to sleep in.

As a kid I woke up at dawn to the cows mooing.
the rooster crowing and Daddy singing.
It was summer, so much to do.
Play in the hay and have fun all day.

Maybe it's payback for feeding him to the pig
(the mean rooster. Who do you think?)
He didn't mean to hurt me but
I still have scars on my back.

Depended on him for many years
to crow me awake to get to work
But now that I'm old and no where to go.
Why can't he let me sleep until 8:00

But OH NO the rooster is still alive and well.
And I wish I could send him straight to HELL!
Have him in a good stew tonight.
Instead I'll just unplug him from the wall.

So maybe tommorw I'll sleep until noon.
Wake up hung over with too much of a good thing
But I bet my internal clock will kick in and
I'll be hearing that DAMN rooster in my head again.

05/22/2009

Author's Note: It's not my best but all I can do after waking up at 5:00 in the morning AGAIN!!!

Posted on 05/22/2009
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