My Wondrous Sunshine Catching Machine
My Wondrous Sunshine Catching Machine
Gobbles rays of bright sunlight
Diskombobblebooblelates them
Just to use in darkest night
I am feeling pretty dumb
Eastern Standard Time has come
And it came as quite a shock
That I forgot to set my clock
I was always running late
But my machine would set me straight
I grabbed a bit of morning light
To dab it on the start of night
I tried to switch about one hour
But suddenly my plan went sour
It seems the switch was stuck on high
Now brightness fills the midnight sky
Bats now fly at 6 AM
Light of night is blinding them
Daylight dims as nightime passes
Owls are wearing dark sunglasses
Sunrise starts my evening prayers
I am having daynightmares
Dinner is a midnight snack
I'm now a nyctrophobiac
Coyotes howl at morning sun
What horrid change have I begun
No harm was meant to man or beast
But now my problems have increased
My machine has me outsmarted
I need to stop what I have started
My plan will have to wait til night
So there will be sufficient light
To flip the switch and make the climb
Out of Daylightsavings Time
Copyright © Russell Daily | Year Posted 2006
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