A thin sliver of light squeezed
through my curtain
It was another dreary Monday
morning
I attempted to twitch a toe to
activate my natural juices
The goal was to move my body
from a completely incompacitated
position to one that resembled
a body that had not as yet
deceased
It was a daily chore
To most mortals sleep conjures up
images such as restfulness, or
resusitating ones natural mental
and biological processes
For me it was merely a decent
into some nether world where I
must by some mysterious method
regain entrance into the land of
the living..
I managed to throw a leg over the
bed where it thumped to the floor
like a dead piece of meat
Behind me on my night stand sat
a coffee pot and I remembered that
I had forgotton to set the timer
This hellish revelation only meant
that I would actually have to drag
out of my bed of death and push the
freaking on button anyway..
I was a cursed child of the earth
if I must perform such a taxing
physical feat..
I reached behind my head strecthing
my arm almost dislocating my shoulder
socket and straining my index finger
just barely clicking the on button
It clicked..
The little red light came on and I knew
that God was most probably going to
grant me another day on earth..
Almost instantly the room was filled
with the fragrance that I would offer up
to the blessed diety..
The rest of my body followed my numb
leg onto the floor and although 98.3%
of my mind had not entered my consciousness
I managed to fumble around clutching at
what seemed to be my coffee cup which
had fallen into my clothes hamper..
Like a man dying of thirst in a God forsaken
desert I crawled on my elbows to a blurred
image of a coffee pot..
But in the process I dropped and broke my
coffee cup..
I paused for a moment..
This meant life or death..
I chose life..
Carefully I gripped the coffee pot
handle and guided the pot to the top
of my head..
Slowly I began pouring the coffee on
my head and slurping up the steaming
hot water fall even though my face
was melting with the boiling liquid..
The coffee that soaked into my robe
I could easily squeeze into a cup..
I began to revive..
This was good..
This was power..
It was going to be..
a good day after all~