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I rise from deepest slumber,
Screech! It rings again in ear!
In the silence it thunders,
Shattering the night it roars!

Clock says it’s three in the morning,
I step out of bed, mourning!
Time to let out the kitten!
I wonder if he is witch smitten!

Sharmishtha basu
23.4.11

Form Rispetto ~ A Rispetto an Italian form which is a complete poem of two rhyming quatrains abab ccdd. Syllable count is 8 per line