The hands spin. Every day. Day after day they spin. Relentless. Morning. Noon. Night. Relentless. Planet spins. Relentlessly it spins. Time spinning, fritting it all away. Can’t be stopped. Can’t hold the hands. Impossible to hold the hands, stop the clock. Impossible. Monotonous, relentless, regularity. Grabbing by the scruff, dragging all along for the ride. Spinning faster, the hands spin faster. Furiously spinning. The ride will not stop, will not stop till the end. Then it happens. The hands seize, stop spinning. Time’s up!