The clock watcher

by CD Richards

Are you the victim of a strange malaise?
Perhaps you feel that life's passing you by.
It could be time you stopped counting the days,
and looked to Earth for answers, not the sky.

If you expect a future life, that's great;
we all need comfort thoughts to drive us on.
It's best, though, not to idle or stagnate—
before you know it, this life will be gone.

And when your bones again return to dust,
will those who knew you say you used your time
for good, as conscience dictates that we must;
or will a lack of action be your crime?

So treat each day as something fresh and new,
don't let that torpid tell-clock type be you.

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Today's word: tell-clock (n.) something or someone who marks or tells the time; an idler.

My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.

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