Because I clung
to the old calendar
and daylight saving,
I missed the bus,
the only one to pass through
this time of year
I'd set three alarms
and a guillotine
for good measure
to try not to oversleep
Stuck in this moment
Waking up 20 years ago
again and again
for the first time
Like a Matryoshka doll
will less and less paint
wondering if the prize inside
the smallest of me
is jellybeans
or a bomb
It varied each iteration
like a broken slot machine
that worked
even when unplugged
to the old calendar
and daylight saving,
I missed the bus,
the only one to pass through
this time of year
I'd set three alarms
and a guillotine
for good measure
to try not to oversleep
Stuck in this moment
Waking up 20 years ago
again and again
for the first time
Like a Matryoshka doll
will less and less paint
wondering if the prize inside
the smallest of me
is jellybeans
or a bomb
It varied each iteration
like a broken slot machine
that worked
even when unplugged
