metal teapot

there’s something about a metal teapot
when it boils up and it shrieks
steam in cool air pluming metal heated
steel plated siren unwinding a high note
you are up and
running 

there is no mute button
no snooze button
no adjusting the pitch
no substituting a shriek tone
no recurring alarm to insist and insist and insist and insist like a brain dead friend with a big clock on his wrist 
no minimizing
no fancy skin
no transparency
and no possibility of freezing up or catching a glitch  

there’s just something!
about a metal teapot