There is no way to make this story interesting

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Lines from: “The Torn-Up Road,” Richard Siken

https://genius.com/Richard-siken-the-torn-up-road-annotated

There is no way to make this story interesting.

It starts with an alarm at 5:00 AM,

pressing the snooze button

but never falling back asleep,

a tale of Hypnagogia,

between being awake and asleep,

sometimes there’s a 1-minute dream

and most times it’s a play

between time and thoughts

and which one will outlast the other.

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I want to tell you this story without having to be in it.

The clocks don’t strike twenty-five

because they’re digital

and the sun arcs behind brick walls

and stray cats,

everything is happening outside

the stillness of the house,