Couplet Challenge: Alarm Clock

I hear the bells that ring and hurt my head
And know it’s time to drag myself from bed.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Kendrick Avatar
September 27, 2011 at 3:58 PM
Those horrible alarm clocks..A radio set to your favorite music is the best way to be awaken..Enjoyed reading your creative work this afternoon..If this one is for a contest, good luck..Reads like winning material..I have seen several of single couplets so it must be a contest..Thanks for stopping by, reading and commenting on my work..Sara
Sweetheart Avatar
September 24, 2011 at 11:42 PM
we hear them a block away from our home and they remind us of Sunday Mass .. praise and worship Jack.. that alarm clock needs a hammer to it now and then luv.. good luck int he contest..
Dietrich Avatar
September 24, 2011 at 9:19 PM
hahahaha. this is not even about cleaning, just merely getting out of bed. You are such a MAN. hahahaha. LOVE it.
Dietrich Avatar
September 24, 2011 at 9:19 PM
And about the Halloween trickster lady. You can be sure what she found on her doorstep WAS due to what she did Halloween night!
Jones Avatar
September 24, 2011 at 5:34 PM
oh, yeah.. lol, my alarm clock ring tone is a rooster.. and some mornings i wanna shoot it, but then I'd have to start eating meat again and I quit that years ago. Good one, jack. Happy day~N
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