On "Daylight Saving" Time

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Next week we begin the annual charade,

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A promise of longer days by clock setting?

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Fraud would be the crime.

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Once again, half awake, we’ll go through the motions,

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Fueled by another cup of Joe.

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Is an entire year in which “noon” really means noon,

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A pleasure we will never know?

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Days are what they are, despite the clock's setting.

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This never seems to give them pause.

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Their circadian rhythm knowledge stands still.

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They still believe in Santa Claus?