Just a Joy
When things are put into perspective
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I have a smiling clown on my clock face. I don’t know why. I’ve had it for years.
The same beeping alarm too.
It goes off.
Time: 07.48
Another day. Just a joy.
Out of the warm bed and across the bedroom floor. I open the curtains to see that there’s grey cloud outside. And the rain is actually bouncing off the street below. I stretch and yawn.
Then I remember, and I smile to myself.
Yesterday, I had the follow-up scan.
I take another look at the clock.
Time: 07.49
Another day. Just a joy.
By Henry Bladon
From: United Kingdom