TIME

Here a girl makes clocks.

When the time comes,

I will make them

tick. A boy pulls up

in a blue minivan.

I will make his motor

a metronome. The girl

hears it. She drops the hands

she is trying to fasten. In time,

I will make them clatter

to the floor, land here

and rest.

Then here I will make the boy lose

a sandal in the mud. Yes.

I will make the girl fall asleep

in a field of poppies.

Yes I will

make them drown in the flood.

Yes.