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An imaginary clock ticking down imaginary seconds

Do you think the universe cares for what we call time? I'm not sure that it does.

By Roderick MakimPublished about a year ago 1 min read
An imaginary clock ticking down imaginary seconds
Photo by Aron Visuals on Unsplash

Time does not

Exist.

_

We invented it,

Imaginary axis

On a graph of space

Beyond our grasp.

_

What worth is one of our

Minutes

In the orbit of Saturn’s

Moons?

_

What does a year of earth’s rotation

Mean

Out beyond our galaxy’s

Lonely spirals?

_

We made it up to

Measure

All those moments

Of our lives

That do not yet

Exist,

Nor will exist anymore.

ProseStream of Consciousnesssurreal poetryFree Verse

About the Creator

Roderick Makim

Read one too many adventure stories as a child and decided I'd make that my life.

I grew up on a cattle station in the Australian Outback and decided to spend the rest of my life seeing the rest of the world.

For more: www.roderickmakim.com

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