Consequent: Repetitive Resound

As if on cue,
The dastardly driller
Recommenced as soon as
Calm had settled in.

Here comes the latest installment
Of this endless lament,
But I’m prepared this time,
Or so I think,

But the work is intermittent,
And so I wait some more.
How ridiculous!
To live in such uproar!

Oh well,
Back to making my own noise
I go!
On with the show!

But only until
The next break,
Whenever that ensues,
And then it may be time for a snooze;

Or, such frustration and dismay,
Could go on all day;
I must find another way,
But I haven’t found it yet.

My composure is disrupted,
Interrupted by fight-or-flight responses,
Which I cannot control,
But only observe.

It’s all nerves
And they are not steel,
But only organic material
Not concrete like the walls
That reverberate during these overhauls.