The rude awakening

Yap yap yap yap
don't even check the time
what the hell is it now
whose are those dogs and what
shuffle to the window
pull back the nets there's
a crowd gathered beyond my fence where
never a crowd has gathered
dogs are yapping and there's a large
yellow police van there
and a smaller yellow
police car over there
people are milling about
don't even check the time

Suddenly a round of
applause what
the hell is going on
I can't or won't see the
central event, slowly
they mill away and I'm left
without the plot
wide awake in the middle of the night
when I actually have to get up early
with important / not important
TTD which stands for
Things To Do

Phase two: still
awake an hour later
shuffle to the window
the police van's still there
this is not my story
and yet here it is