Tag Archives: Battles

Bury the Clock

With no tick to follow no tock

There’s no time to bury the clock

No sound and no seconds pass

Silent underneath the old greying grass

Look now, but nothing to hand

No force to stop our falling in the sand 

No face, no clue, no trace 

Blessed and released with no numerals to grace 

No chime to reminisce 

A speed of race that you can’t miss 

As definite as an everlasting rock 

Time to decide to bury the clock 

Field Ban For Rocking Horses

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Only real horses with real legs allowed!

The signs, at the field, ordered, as the wind howled.

 

The rockers rocked slowly; utterly devastated.

Being fed a downright lie; their field was so highly rated.

 

In their fury they rocked hard and rammed the signs down.

The real horses while shitting; fled, galloping to town.

 

The field was now theirs and everything was great!

Until the towns-folk arrived with rusty saws and spiteful hate.

 

A long, calamitous battle commenced in which nobody won.

Then the contractors arrived…