Clock
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
No stopping is a clock.
Watched.
To stop.
No stopping is the clock.
No stopping is a clock.
To remove time from the people.
No stopping is the clock.
To drop and stop the time we've got to move.
No stopping is a clock.
Watched.
To stop
No stopping is the clock.
Every seed that's planted slowly grows.
Every seed that's planted,
Has an expectation that unfolds.
No one knows where that planted seed goes.
To grow ignored.
With time to believe many can afford.
Unwatched.
But ready to receive the credit,
For something they had neglected.
If approval is accepted.
And attention to it gets to those,
Seeking benefits.
No stopping is a clock,
To stop and watch one's disrespect.
No stopping is a clock.
To dread a doing done to do.
Refusing to deny or excuse with alibis.
No stopping is the clock.
To watch it stop.
Or remove a doing done denied to do it!
Time to live remains to stay remembered.
And forgiveness to forget an experience,
Is seldom done to hear it said.
To leave behind as it is left dead.
Like a clock to stop it yet remaining watched!
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Submitted by lpahtillah on June 04, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCA AxAx ABCA dexdffbxexdx AxAxxAcx xxggb |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,014 |
Words | 195 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 12, 8, 5 |
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