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Does the Dawn Require a Trigger Warning?
A sunrise has no trigger warning, no:
The dawn is not that misty night which was;
A sinister click, and the radio speaks
Tidings of discomfort and joylessness
Someone must be made to suffer for this1
There is no trigger warning from the clock
Announcing brutally the need to rise
As from the dead, and dress for this day’s work
Which lacks all hope of glamour and success
Someone must be made to suffer for this
Life is not fitted with warnings, and so
One’s discomfort is the fault of others
Someone must be made to suffer for this
1“Someone must be made to suffer for this” is a mimeme from Frederick William Rolfe’s Hadrian VII.
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