time didn't work

or not right
it ran out too much
or too often

work didn't work
or it changed
and i didn't

at home i tried to do too much
went to bed late reading
woke up early

three alarm clocks rang
at three different times
i hate

i did what i had to
i spent too much money
or my wife thought i did

i didn't keep in touch
with the right people
or the wrong

i went along with it
i remember one night
in particular

i had to prepare dinner
but the ingredients were wrong
or not available

so i did the best
i could
or thought i did

my wife looked at me
out of the corner of her eye
and laughed

or said something funny
which is usually not the case
so that didn't work right either