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This is Morning by Billy Collins.

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Why do we bother with the rest of the day?

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The swale of the afternoon, the sudden dip into evening.

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Then night with his notorious perfumes, his many pointed stars.

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This is the best.

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Throwing off the light covers, feet on the cold floor,

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and buzzing around the house on espresso.

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Maybe a splash of water on the face, a palm full of vitamins, but mostly buzzing around the house on espresso.

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Dictionary and atlas open on the rug, the typewriter waiting for the key of the head, a cello on the radio.

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And, if necessary, the windows, trees fifty, a hundred years old out there.

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heavy clouds on the way and the lawn steaming like a horse in the early morning