sound of time

sometimes the sun looks

like a disk of teflon clock caught in fire

by the restless friction among the hands

of hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds,

nanoseconds.

Empty seconds.

The hands of this enraged monster

cannot stop fighting each other

at least one must pause

for the others to rest

but no one takes the risk

of failing time’s test.

spend so much money to buy

a clock that generates nothing

but a greasy sound of time

wading through the licensed inhabitants,

their plastered eyeballs, lithium batteries,

Easter eggs.

spokes of bicycle wheels

Deadline

A mischief Sound lurks inside the latex gloves of time

Just in case

a new