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An Execution of Time - 26/07/00

Time hangs suspended
like a murderer from the gallows.
A tick but no tock
hanged by the neck,
feet swaying gently
Iinches from the deck.
Guilty of the crime
of burning away the time,
precious moments lost
immeasurable the cost.
Yet worse is this moment
where time my opponent,
pauses for his breath
and decelerates my death.
In an endless day,
where time holds no sway
ignores the verdict spoken
the office clock is broken.
 
© Nicholas Vosper 2001