When Tic Turns To Toc

an old clock turns from tic to toc midnight falls away from its loose slip knot hands maneuver hands to where dark declines distant specks of time burst into flame if your eyes are asleep you may hear these labors in another place within a space-less room perhaps for the winding of old clocks maybe the winder of your heart has even now stepped over a midnight pause has about-faced from your ticking