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Saturday, November 06, 2021

COMES NOW

by Earl J Wilcox


Picture taken on March 23, 2018, shows a technician working on the clock of the Lukaskirche Church in Dresden, eastern Germany. (Photo by Sebastian Kahnert/DPA/AFP via Getty Images via AL.com)


That time of year
When we fall
Back
When time’s
Breath stirs
Our solitude
When nature’s
Calendar
Does not trick
Nor does our
Body fail
Though
Formidably
Confirms our time
Here changes
Course
Assuredly
As yesterday
Tomorrow
Forever remain
Unchanged.
 

Earl J. Wilcox has been writing for TheNewVerse.News through many turns of the clock.