Bells

It started in three thousand BC When for survival, warning sounds were key These utility communications Building sender-receiver relations Secular signs, religious ritual The use of bells became habitual Calling to worship or tolling the hours Announcing events all from bell towers Locating bells for pet rabbits and cats For goats in the hills and cows on the flats Such animals of all manner and form Even the lead camel in a sand storm What news of the ship in faraway seas? Lutine strikes two as it sails on fresh breeze Westminster must keep to the where and when By the hour bell of the great clock, Big Ben Times have changed, we live in this modern place Technology seeps and invades our space Now digital gizmos replace the bell All that’s left is to sound its own death knell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2nd place in the Bells premier contest. Sponsored by Kim Rodrigues. Contest Judged 12/12/2023. The sequel to this poem is Bell rings which you can find in my poems.