The penultimate alarm\u00a0
\nIs not like the first, which prises your eyes open from dreams\u00a0
\nSo you catch a glimpse of the light sliding through a gap in the curtains
\nbut you can let them drift closed, hit snooze
\ncurl in a ball, face the wall
\nslip back to sleep<\/p>\n
The penultimate alarm,
\nthe second alarm but not the last
\nYou might
\nscrunch your face up a little, but still follow
\nthe dream you\u2019re drifting on
\nIt\u2019s just a gentle warning
\nA ring-ring-ring of things to come<\/p>\n
The penultimate alarm
\nis not the final
\nalarm
\nWhich absolutely cannot be ignored
\nwhich drags you gasping
\ninto wary sudden awareness, eyes open
\nhit by the light
\nslicing through the curtains
\nand you must
\nslide out of sleep
\nand face reality<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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