Edward Charles McDevitt

Monday Morning Blues

Mostly I arouse with the dawning of day break,

Only today, my phone had startled me awake!

Now fully alert, I must rise and start my day,

Didn\'t think that my day would start this way!

Another week ahead, not starting like it should,

Yet onward I\'ll go, just like any other would.

Maybe it will be one better than before,

On to daily chores, nothing to ignore.

Really doesn\'t have to be a day I can\'t enjoy,

Not too hard for me, just knowledge to employ.

I have to put in here, somehow a favorite bird,

Nothing that difficult, just have to find the word.

Got the right one on my mind and it is a male,

Bet you were thinking of a Nightingale!

Let me tell you this, it\'s not what you had thought,

Under a little pressure, it\'s a Cardinal I sought.

Ending this write, I\'ll just say \"Have a happy day!\",

So long to the blues, I\'ll be on my merry way!