Late At Night, Trying To Keep The Wolves At Bay

I got woken up by a
piercing electronic beep,
14 quick beeps in succession,
then 3 seconds of silence before repeating,

I get out of bed where I'd
fallen asleep with Lovey,
comb the house checking
fire alarms

The sound is coming from
somewhere in a neighbor's
yard, I can hear it through
the fence, the paper thin walls of my house

I go back in and open a
beer, shutting the windows, which does
nothing, and consider the thin line
that separates us all from madness