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I may or may not mean
you to take this poem literally.
Just thoughts on how people
are always rushed with time.

Time And Clocks

Do clocks only represent time, or
Do they represent something more?
Is time, and the order of time so important,
That, if there were only one broken clock in the world,
Would it cause complete and utter chaos?
And, if it would be the undoing of all,
To have a clock not quite working right,
Why would that be?

What makes time so special, that we
Arrange ourselves around it, and,
Even try to fight against time and its effects?

If our perceived importance of time ceased to be,
Does, or would that, then mean that time
Would not be as important?
Might not time itself even cease to be?

We believe that we are the master, through
Our perceived control of time by clocks,
But that is not true, rather our need for it
That makes time, and therefore clocks,
The master and in control of us.

24/03/07

Poetry by liz munro