Like a punch to the face, the alarm was suddenly, violent and painful. Kim groaned, prayed the noise would go away, then swept his arm across his little table, knocking the alarm clock, his phone, a small lamp and a stack of have demolished paperbacks to the floor. In response to this sudden attack, his phone also joined in with, what to Kim sensitive ears, was a cacophony of sound, dragging him kicking, screaming and otherwise protesting from heavenly unconsciousness.
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