Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

Internal Clocks

We changed the clocks at 2 a.m.
And so I woke at 4
But waited ‘til 5:30
‘Til I headed out the door.

Internal clocks remain confused
With switches to the time.
It may take several days or more
Of feeling “off” ‘til I’m

Adjusted to the mornings 
Filling up with early light
And similarly, heading in
When 4 p.m. is night.

If we got used to Covid,
Wearing masks and feeling scared,
For trivial disturbances,
We should be well-prepared.

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Caren Krutsinger November 3, 2020 at 4:57 AM I can never get used to Covid, but I do not see the need to fall back with clocks any more.

Rico Leffanta November 2, 2020 at 12:48 PM It may interest you to know that Apaches and Hawaiians consider clock changes as utter nonsense, but government fails to notice they continue to survive. Aloha! Rico

Jan Allison November 1, 2020 at 4:44 PM I am still trying to adjust to the change we had, always takes a while to get the body clock to get into gear:-) hugs Jan xx

John Watt November 1, 2020 at 3:37 PM Your final stanza nails it on the head. Covid has set the bar for flexibility required to where all things in comparison will appear negligible. ~ john

Tom Cunningham November 1, 2020 at 3:29 PM My body clock is totally out of sync, all those years of shift work didn't help. Tom