The tick tick ticking of time
won’t get off my mind
beautiful the afternoon when we realize
long the hours, short the day.
And the weeks wizz by.
Time won’t get off my mind.
the radio wants input
in the background the shrill buzz
reminds me again of the passage
of these hours
golden or gray, red or blue
whatever they are they are in fact sliding away
slipping into depths of murky fishy waters.