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Time is the universal chauffeur
by Willis Barnstone

Time is the universal chauffeur. Slow
he carts me through space,

but when he dumps me I've no place to go.
He's also the surgeon general

who heals (and in time kills). He heals with hours
and days, his best pill of all--

no ointment or gauze--just his fat face
hovering over me. And he is author

of a novel titled LIFE. I'm crammed in his briefcase,
plotted in chapters till THE END.

A famed dermatologist he moderates the sun.
If I measure him and cream down,

I can always spot the damage he has done.
It's the secret stuff inside

my skinsack that worries me. Yes, machines catch
his photo and footsteps, but I abide

with fear. Once he's gone, I'm not. Often I try
to slow him down as he walks

through me. Slowtrack, I say. This clown is sly,
abstract but relentless like a star,

and goes through his set acts, laughing at me.
Godless, I bless him for his laziness.

 

 

 

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