“Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.”
-Thoreau
Some six or so cheap watches set in a row
Ten-dollar Timex models with shabby straps
Cast-offs and hand-me-downs – and so one asks:
Why are there watches on a refectory table?
The abbey’s clocks are the moon and the sun
And the cycle of seasons each in turn
The changing leaves and liturgies in time
With the Great Dance of stars in their appointed spheres
But even so:
Those six or so cheap watches set in a row
Are
For outside appointments - and now we know!
Nov 23, 2018
Nov 23, 2018 at 12:11 PM UTC
“Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.”
-Thoreau
Some six or so cheap watches set in a row
Ten-dollar Timex models with shabby straps
Cast-offs and hand-me-downs – and so one asks:
Why are there watches on a refectory table?
The abbey’s clocks are the moon and the sun
And the cycle of seasons each in turn
The changing leaves and liturgies in time
With the Great Dance of stars in their appointed spheres
But even so:
Those six or so cheap watches set in a row
Are
For outside appointments - and now we know!
Your ‘umble scrivener’s site is:
Reactionarydrivel.blogspot.com.
It’s not at all reactionary, tho’ it might be drivel.
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