You Should Have A Radio In The Bedroom

Originally posted 8/29/2012, titled “Why You Should Have A Clock Radio”

You should have a radio in the bedroom
so that you may wake tomorrow to a song
that has both a violin
and a steady drum
and if you do,
you should not just obey
the dull urge to habit,
too quickly rising from bed
and away from the music
into the day to occupy yourself
with the business of living
instead of the joy of it,
for how often does it happen
that you wake up early
with a sweet fiddle in your ear
and a lover next to you,
the soft insistence of the drum
and that slippery, wicked bow
suggesting something better
you could be doing?