What time is sunrise?
- Erin Conway
- 5 days ago
- 1 min read
In September we lose the most daylight.
A clock?
Maybe –
If your story is
About light,
Or dark.
I know it’s later when it’s darker,
Earlier lighter,
But sometimes I know
It’s the reverse.
A clock?
I don’t need one.
“What’s the clock?”
Questions
Comments.
About what happened
When it didn’t
Happen
On time.
Which time?
Whose?
Clock.
Numbers. Spaces. Lines.
Ready? Set.
Only when someone is watching
A clock
Decides how fast is fast
Enough.
Cut pages;
Cut word;
Cut space;
Cut marks;
So the numbers turn faster,
So something happens fast
Enough.
What do I want from time?
More or less
Less is more.
If it’s not fast, it’s not interesting
I’m not interesting.
No, I suppose I’m not
No clock
Means no story
Just life –
Isn’t enough,
Except.
I don’t need a clock
To remind me
The same time
Looks different
At different times.
Life has a clock.
We just don’t notice
Until it doesn’t.
In September we lose one hour and seven minutes of daylight.
Choose a deadline
Choose a conflict
Maybe that’s why I’m stressed,
The deadline I chose for myself.
A clock?
What if I don’t want?
To know the time.
It’s my story.
What do I want from time –
This time –
More? Or less?
In September we lose 2.5 minutes of light per day.
Increase momentum;
Increase obstacles;
Develop the character;
Countdown.
Share, explain, exist
In the story
You pay attention to,
Not the time,
Because it’s yours
It’s interesting.
The whole world
Doesn’t care about
The clock –
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