this morning #1852.

this morning, the moments of quiet seemed specifically designed to help me keep time. at 6am on the dot, an alarm sounded somewhere out on the street. went on for exactly a minute & then stopped, leaving me with twenty-nine minutes of peace. then the pattern repeated. continued on like this until 1pm, when it started up again and then, a couple seconds in, there was a loud scream followed by a staggering smash, cutting off the sound for maybe a second. deterred but not yet dead, the alarm sprang back to life. whimpered along. another scream. another smash followed by four more. the alarm puked out a final high-pitched bleat. shut down. accepted defeat at the hands of some random man on the street.