A Sunday Poem

End Of Day Meeting

By Julie McElhinney

Tick tock goes the clock

This is the longest day ever,

Give me something to do

That will allow me to be clever.

Tick tock I look at the clock

Another minute has passed,

I wonder how long my consciousness

Will be able to last.

Tick tock someone break that clock

It taunts my every move,

Showing how slowly time has passed

Like it has something to prove.

Tick tock threw a shoe at the clock

I missed and it fell to the floor,

The damn clock’s not broken

So it will tick some more.

Tick tock thank God for that clock

It says it’s time to go home,

Don’t look so angrily at that clock

Leave the poor device alone.