Bade an Aubade to Bad

You must remember an aubade is a poem or piece of music appropriate to the dawn or early morning.

You must remember your rituals — your morning ablutions.

You must remember the wine colored stains on the walls of your coffin length room.

You must remember that all you need to speak, or write, are seven words every day, and then you’ve met your allotment.

You must remember silence is best after that.

You must remember: “every dawn is an apocalypse.”

“Did you know that every dawn is an apocalypse?”

— Clare Duffy / Artic Oil