“I Never Raise My Voice” by Chet Hervey

Silenced with a slap
To extend a lazy nap
I speak nine minutes later
To the sluggard I will not cater

I will be faithful every morn
Though from sheets you be not torn
My screams you shall not duck
The beeps of a reversing truck

I patiently bear that load
Of daily resounding in man’s abode
Unmovable as a rock
I am your alarm clock