Now is never good
enough for our clock
tower chronometers

Some are so wound up
coil sprung can’t wait
to pass the time

They even race against it,
overtaking each other
at frequent intervals

Tempus Fugit versus
Carpe Diem is a two handed
church steeple-chase

Plomb on the pendulum
is as much as any Sexton
can do, to weight a second.



Ps
Plomb is Latin for lead
As in plumbing etc
Poetic license is necessary
On occasion