Photo by Arif DALKIRAN on Unsplash
it begins Friday
grandfather
one
minute late
every
Friday
hour
quarter
half
three-quarter
again
one
minute
behind
Saturday
Sunday
tardy
still
one
minute
on
Monday
I
reset grandfather
early
evening
every
Monday
I
unlatch his pendulum case
grab
his key
access
his face
moon
stars
hands
housed
in the hood
quarter
hour chime melodies
time
keeper
hour
strike count
I
turn his key
pendulums
to
the top of their cables
ascend
I
adjust
his
minute hand
chime
selection lever
return
his key
latch
his case doors
pendulums
face
hour
quarter
half
three-quarter
my
corner posted grandfather keeps watch
Monday
through Thursday
punctual
11 July 2026
Cindy B. Stevens
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