tick

tock, tick
talk
the minute hand
moves
in sharp starts and stops
in time with your words
deliberate tock
tick talk. i can
count
my
heart
beats
as
you choose just the right words.



i dug this out of my files. i had just found out that a local talk show host that i always enjoyed is back on the air. that made me remember this little poem. i wrote the poem before i started watching/listening to, the host, but hey, an idea is an idea! s