My managers called Time to wake up 4:30am You're late for a cup That coffee they love When fitfully foddered Unpleasant communication Out of bed toddered Cruel masters each one The brain but an intern Unpaid to be sure With all the worst tasks Bring us water No wait, now bread Oh the bread is bad Maybe a bit of the buch These fickle micro Organisms most foul Can't be quit or got rid of But sometimes I want to throw in the towel Anti-biotics they hate But consequences so do I So uneasy truce we might find Détente sleep we rely