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Time
We have twelve clocks in the house
still it strikes me there's not enough time
You go out to the kitchen
get chocolate milk for your spindly son
but when you get back
he has grown too old for chocolate milk
demands beer girls revolution
You have to make the most of your time while you have it
Your daughter comes home from school
goes out to play hopscotch
comes in a little later
and asks if you'll mind the baby
while she and her husband go to the theater
and while they're in the theater
the child with some difficulty
is promoted to 10th grade
You have to make the most of your time while you have it
You photograph your hitherto young wife
with fullblooded gypsyheadscarf
an opulent fountain in the background
but the picture is hardly developed
before she announces that it is nearly
her turn to collect social security
gently the widow awakes in her
You would like to make the most of your time
but all the time it stays away
what becomes of it
was it ever there at all
have you used too much time
in drawing time out.
You have to make the most of time in time
roam around a time without time and place
and when the time has come
call home and hear
"Are you calling 95 94 93 92?
That number is no longer in service."
Click.
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