13,618. THE CLOCK ON THE WALL

THE CLOCK ON THE WALL

Now is time the temperate thing? Is

that how we intend it? Walking outside

in a sweaterless jacket when it's 51 degrees

amidst new-morning trees? Perhaps that's

the token sing-along we've been wanting.

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Invisible to us is the swank of time, the

idol in his dinner-jacket, the lady in her

mid-life gown. A mis-shaped, misplaced

balance ball beneath two wiggling feet.

(Let no one press too hard to conquer

for he will only meet defeat).