panhandler’s timepiece

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2015

time’s a vagabond that
travels along byways
across life's big pond

its ticker's a bicker--
a nagging that's thicker
than freckles on a face

its tocking reminds you
of armless, moustached pirates
that haven't got a clue




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I was delighted by the

I was delighted by the deftness of your creation: the way your cunning metaphor is carried on a stride of lilting meter, not unlike the pulse of our lives in the hands of a rambling “panhandler”. 

 

A brilliant look at our relentless captor. 

 

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The pulse of life captured in

The pulse of life captured in poetic lines, that is often the fish that tries to get away. Thanks kindly, pjj


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