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Day in — Day out (poem below)

You will find 190+ of my poems HERE. fno.org/poetry/index.html

 

This huge clock in the Musée d'Orsay — formerly the Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900 — seemed a good companion to a poem I finished writing this morning here in Paris.

 

Day in — Day out

 

The tide comes creeping in

Turgid

In no hurry

At all

Day after day

Rising

Then falling

Advancing

Then retreating

Repeating the pattern

Without skipping a single day

Time and tide

They say

Wait for no man

The grandfather clock

Ticking away

The sea rolling in

Day in

Day out

 

© Jamie McKenzie, all rights reserved

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