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Monday, Monday, can't trust that day.

— John Phillips

A pale clock face with brass ticks and bent hands, edged with frost on a blue-grey background.
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An editorial interpretation.

The speaker distrusts Monday, repeating the day's name as though sighing at it. The line treats the start of the week as unreliable, something that promises a fresh beginning yet tends to let people down. It has a weary, sing-song feel of grumbling about a familiar day.

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