An ode to my watch

My watch is very dear to me,

For if I did not wear one,

I’d be as busy as a bee,

With no time left to have fun.

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Or else I’d spend my time at play,

And never toil a moment,

And come the close of every day,

I’d lack for good employment.

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Without my watch upon my wrist,

I’d never go to bed,

Or else I’d stay lost in the mist,

Of dreams within my head.

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I’d very swiftly grow as round

As any watch’s face,

Without the time with which to bound

And curb my snacking pace.

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Without my watch I could not know

How long it is ‘til dinner,

And quickly I would turn to woe,

And start to grow much thinner.

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And so, without my watch, you see,

I’m hither and I’m thither.

Governed by just the need to pee,

My world would surely wither.