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Steve Page
Poems
Apr 9
The Muted Cuckoo
The muted cuckoo goes through the hourly motions, miming dutiful repetitions
which in time is lip-read til we appreciate what's long-gone unsaid.
Another hour has sped by, pregnant with unrealised promise.
Few things sadder in the clock world as a silent cuckoo.
#time
#promise
#silence
Written by
Steve Page
62/M/London, U.K.
(62/M/London, U.K.)
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