Time Keeper

TIME KEEPER

Early morning
Late p.m.
These could be thankful periods of silence
The world drowsy
Or still asleep
And my teeming head      hopefully      
      emptied out
What marvelous devolvings might be refreshed
When one is in a nothing state

The clatter of dreams and strivings finally settled
      on the kitchen floor
I would borrow absence from my cat
He sits on the window sill      head on paws
      serene        aggravating!
Yes      so apparently empty      he      I am sure
      isn’t aware of the ticking
The tick    tick    ticking of my large kitchen 
      clock
To my sensitive awareness like hail stones
      on a flat tin roof
Yes!     really a clack    clack    horrible clacking
And my cat?
Hah!
What is time to him? 
Zip!
Nada!
This wretched inflicting of time on the eternal  

Dave Austin
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Dietrich Avatar
August 27, 2015 at 10:32 PM
wowowow, I LOVE this one, Daver. How did I miss it here? FAVE!
Onclaud Avatar
August 16, 2015 at 9:11 AM
sharp write with that humbug feel to it..time waits for no one, daver... crisp tune!.. huggs
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