November 20, 2020

That Ticking Clock

I hate that ticking ticking ticking ticking!!!

Does it have to tick?!?

I tear it off the wall,

I tear off the cover,

I look inside

I tear it apart

What have I achieved?

No more ticking

In the silence I hear a sound!

In the dark, I wonder what that sound is?!? What time is it? I look, the clock is gone?!? Just then I remember ! And look at the pile of springs and gears on the floor!

I tear my house off the wall,

I tear off the back cover

I look inside

I tear my house apart!!!

Outside in the cold I hear branches rustling, and dry leaves crackling!!!

What is THAT sound?!!?

I turn to run into the safety of my home… it’s a pile of rubble… and now…

I tear the world off the wall…

Somebody beside me says,

Hey!?!? What do you think you’re doing?!?

Stammering I say… “do you have the time?”