Fall Back.

we saved and saved and scrimped and pinched,
longer, and harder than any previous year.
but,
do we get to splurge now?
do we get to waste it all on one incredibly bright, bright, bright, bright sunshiny day?
nope.
and that's why daylight savings is a dumb investment.
especially when it's time to be dark now at 4:30.
daylight spending, however, is what i'm doin' from now on.
i'm going into debt and destitution by spending every single available daylight moment;
i am talkin' about blowing lumen upon lumen of light-life livin' well past sunset,
bingeing on early morning mayhem,
brunchtime berserking, 
and sunset sauce-strengthening;
think of it as a real-life day-trippin' stimulus check.
i know i'm spending my daylight bringin' the noise,
and being the boldest barbarian battle-beast berserker i can conceive of.
thanks to the magic of clock-blockin' time-travel,
i have an extra hour of being awake to enjoy this morning.
60 more imaginary minutes to spend the daylight-
i see a heapin' helpin' of hot apple crisp in my future.
and some sunday mornin' magic, and moves, bein' made, too.
why not sleep in? why not snuggle up an' rest more?
because 11 is the only number on the dial, yo.
when the fall o'clock falls back, 
i take it as a retreat, and press the attack.
take your time, they say.
i hear 'em;
like a vengeful viking vindicator,
i'm takin' time. yours, mine, everybody's.
by force, y'heard?

today is the Commemoratio Omnium Fidelium Defunctorum.
the commemoration of all the faithful departed.
all souls' day.
i'm all about it.
although i feel like a disclaimer should always follow my appreciation of events:
based (loosely) on the original, but without the weak sauce, and with extra hot fire....
the faithful departed, ya'll.
that's some heavy business.
remember how much you miss your loved ones.
after dark, light a candle, not to jesus, or some other lame sh!t,
but to the memory of those you miss.
all those important movers, shakers, life-shapers, risk-takers, lovers, leavers,
whoever;
i know i am grateful for the time i have been given,
and i know no limits of gratitude for the faithful friends and family who span time with me.
therefore,
i'm sendin' some shed lights to the secret universal plan, 
illuminating the shadows left by those folks who made the big move already.
maybe that's what all this long daylight savings was for:
recreating the bright spots that all those important people leave behind.
i plan on conjuring an ocean of fireflies,
beeswax beacons to the beyond, an' that.
this extra-early darkening is only going to serve to let the candles i'm blazin' burn that much brighter.
the clock is backpedaling,
we've got it on the run,
tonight, ya'll,
an whole hour early,
tonight (and every other one) is the night,
never quiet, never soft...