All The Time

All the Time


There is a Q outside a mile long
Twenty four hours a day
Seven days a week


Typed applications
Neat and tidy
Some of them jaundiced
Some, from the last century
Did they take a genuine gate pass?
How dare they bring last century’s application!
To the present table
Past is past
Period


Over a period of time
I have been issuing time out
On a regular basis
Some moth-eaten
Humor time
Tragedy time ( longest Q for the same)
Comedy time (no crying please)


Dates have swung back
On the pendulum
You carry a shadow on your back
Please stand back
No baggage allowed
Shadows need their own time and place
Weren’t you told at the beginning of the journey?

I cannot answer your lynching
I have no time
Naturally


Cupboards have to be cleansed
Racks cleared
Tickets issued, your signature please
Hurry

Someone is sleeping on your berth
Hello there
Ticket please

Sorry, Madam
That is my shadow you are speaking to
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Time Series & Other poems 2005
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