Time, Once Taunted, Laughed At

Time, once taunted, laughed at
Limits, street-lit, leapt of
Whose own, this one, as to it
Now,  in a stoop, does bow.

Heathen child, in swoon of life
In the moment's worship!
Creaking more conscious of whom
Vengeful symptoms endow.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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