Tikumtok

There is a huge clock at the centre of the universe.  It has no face, no numbers and no hands.  From afar it would appear to be a huge pendulum that swings slowly and accurately for ever.  

In actuality, it is not a pendulum at all but a swarm of golden flies all pushing together for a tick and pulling back for a tock.  These flies are no ordinary flies.  They are the timeflies; the...

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These moments 

We need to remember 

But we don’t 

I had a full head of hair 

It was brown 

There were no flecks 

Of salt and pepper grey

in my beard 

And now

As I gaze through 

My glasses 

I forget that once

I had no need of them

To read

And I see 

A photo 

Of a friend 

And I have to stare 

Because he looks 

Like someone’s 

Dad

Or dare...

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We’re all

A little bit

Nuts

Sailing our little boats

In big shoes 

To nowhere

In no place 

In no time 

But carrying on

Regardless 

Maybe 

What it is to be human 

Is to sail 

Endlessly

On

And maybe 

What it is 

To be human

Is to hit the land 

Hard

And soft

And carry on

And then 

To learn

That it 

Isn’t the fault of

The la...

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