Do You Have the (official) Time?
We may have been told The world stopped But time Didn’t. Not at first. Official time, Time officially, Always exists protected Under glass Under plastic Keys winding, twis ting lock i n g Clicks are not ticks. Snowflake crisp Rain drip Leaves shed wisps. I lifted my watch from my drawer On my first afternoon Out. Yellow shoes Clouded sun Not out Shaded. Masked. Yet Inside the white rimmed Plastic Pretending to be Glass I stared to check the hour. My hour, Unofficially, As inv
