Recording Our Folly

What is the human  
perception of time

If measurement stops
and clocks will not chime

Seconds to minutes, 
minutes to hours

Pendulum still
—Big Ben disempowered

(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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