It’s Mental

It hangs there on my wall relentlessly
reminding me with ticks
that may as well be bricks with which
it builds a day

But clock’s seconds are a ruse
the only tick there is is this
I’m only ever in this now
don’t ask me why or when or how

Clock just reminds me I should snooze
Clock tells me now to work or choose

Time’s not laid out like a train or anything sequential
It’s just the way we think, it’s mental

Jim Culleny, 4/12/23