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Array ( [sid] => 179070 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Who Winds the Clock? [time] => 2014-08-14 16:54:35 [hometext] => A call to myself to mind the inner me. [bodytext] =>

Who winds the clock,
that little fumble of a time-piece
bouncing neglected in my special
pocket just for it?
A part of me,
Twenty years tick-ticktocking my life
indiscriminately to the sound of the El-
staccato beat hell from the frying pan
into the fire
of a sea of cars and people-
who winds their watch?
Grim and set in a plethora of scheduled
asides, a sea and waves all wandering with purpose
forgetting to wind the clock. Tick. Tock.
Turning the keys and lubricating the cogs
to a more balanced life- How could I forget?
The little hand spun in madness and when I checked
again, it was ten years later
and when I realized that,
I knew I let my clock slip in favor
of the non-winding convenience of digital-
the impersonal presentation of our lives made easier
in bold red one doesn't have to mind. [comments] => 2 [counter] => 210 [topic] => 21 [informant] => invierno [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Lifepoems )

Who Winds the Clock?

Contributed by invierno on Thursday, 14th August 2014 @ 04:54:35 PM in AEST
Topic: Lifepoems

Who winds the clock,
that little fumble of a time-piece
bouncing neglected in my special
pocket just for it?
A part of me,
Twenty years tick-ticktocking my life
indiscriminately to the sound of the El-
staccato beat hell from the frying pan
into the fire
of a sea of cars and people-
who winds their watch?
Grim and set in a plethora of scheduled
asides, a sea and waves all wandering with purpose
forgetting to wind the clock. Tick. Tock.
Turning the keys and lubricating the cogs
to a more balanced life- How could I forget?
The little hand spun in madness and when I checked
again, it was ten years later
and when I realized that,
I knew I let my clock slip in favor
of the non-winding convenience of digital-
the impersonal presentation of our lives made easier
in bold red one doesn't have to mind.

Copyright © invierno ... [ 2014-08-14 16:54:35]
(Date/Time posted on site)

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Re: Who Winds the Clock? (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Friday, 15th August 2014 @ 08:28:05 AM AEST
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Really solid poem here invierno, I enjoyed it immensely!

Cheers,

Mickey.

Re: Who Winds the Clock? (User Rating: 1 )
by ladyfawn on Saturday, 30th August 2014 @ 01:37:46 AM AEST
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wow, really a 'time' piece... all the years slipping quickly by and the watch is still the same lol, ...beautifully penned!

hugs n' love nessa

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