Metronome

You never had a clock

within your home,

just a single metronome,

keeping tempo

more important

than the time,

its clicks a call to dance,

without the chains

of start and stop,

that never

issue edicts

to awaken,

no pre-set ring

to jolt

from peaceful dreams,

no big and little hands

that point to numbers

which command,

saying when it’s time to eat

and when to leave,

when to walk the dog

or check for mail,

just a steady, rhythmic beat

of unfettered sound,

the passing of the hours

all unnamed.

Andreas Gripp

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