fingernails

My fingernails have grown long again
And I must trim them
This little clock of mine
Reminds me that time is a discarding process
Discard each day
Discard each week, phases of the moon, cycles of the sun
Sometimes I don’t notice
And I regret that little corner of reality untended
But my fingernails still grow
Time to wake up.

About riverwriter

Poet, playwright, duplicate bridge player, website designer, cottager, husband, father, grandfather, former athlete, carpenter, computer helper for my friends, theatre designer, backstage polymath, retired teacher of highschool English, drama, art, a baritone singer in a barbershop quartet, who knows what else? wordcurrents is on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wordcurrents/ Doug also has a Facebook page, "Incognitio", related to his novels.
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