the ways we wake up

to canons and a parade at 6:00 in the morning
to tile cutters and hammers on the floor above
to horns and engines from motor scooters in the alley below
to sandles flapping as children run
to a communal hot-water faucet
to other travelers banging their doors shut
to a singing showerer in the next cell-like room

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