there is a very, slow, scratching, of, ring pull.

 

     there it is, again,

 

  and,

 

     again.

 

 

     wall clock, has a jealous, weight,

 

  scrutinising, every, scratch,

 

        as a pendulum, he shouts, every, lateral, journey.

 

 

         within each, sway,

 

    pendulum tries, to harness, every, scratch.

 

 

     the scratch, slows, as if,

 

  testing the patience, of a given, norm,

 

            please, return, my wife,

 

                         she is, not, dead.

 

 

Michael J Waite.