Morning

Dark blanket rolls back
A bright shiny face rises
The new day begins

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I think this metaphor really works best when discussing the sleep of children, who are more universally cheerful and energetic to start the day. With adults, the percentage who are “morning people” seems to diminish over time. It has been many years since my face was bright or shiny at any time, let alone when getting out of bed. I think, if describing myself, the second line would read “a glum dull face emerges.”

‘A Dusty Morning’ might be a particularly overcast day. You can tell it’s the daytime, but only just.

Maybe it all went wrong when I stopped getting Saturday reassurances that the cartoons would be right back, after these messages? There was a point in time wherein I heard that, and then they weren’t right back.