good morning

one eye squinted shut the other bleary

nightshirt x-men ’97 underwear camo (????)

pills to take teeth to clean stubble to shave away

then a shower washes evil away

and coffee provides a fortifying elixir

..

five days a week for more or less 150 weeks

this is the way things begin

the odd and reassuring way I say

“gentleman, start your engine”