Flexitime for M lady Bonnie

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Flexitime.

 

A blank faced clock which has no hands

 must still obey Chronos’ commands.

The minutes pass without display.

Times moves on inexorably

 the hours passing speedily

Today replaces yesterday.

Why are men obsessed by the clock

they measure every tick and tock.

What does it matter anyway ?

we know that darkness rules the night

and that the day is filled by light.

 Some time to sleep and work or play.

Avid clock watchers fail to see

that time can pass variably.

 

4-May-08

 

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Reviews

[Heavenly Scent]

There should always be time to watch the roses grow I think?

I enjoyed this poem - it well described our obsession with 'clock watching'! :)