Clockwork Man
- barrywthall
- Feb 23
- 1 min read
Updated: Feb 25
Every morning
He leaves for work
And clocks in at eight -
Like clockwork.
He makes the same number
Of gizmos today
As yesterday,
Eats two sandwiches
And a bag of crisps,
Then leaves the orange for later.
He’ll clock out at 5
And head home
To watch soaps on TV.
On Friday nights he
Meets his mates,
They drink and wind
Each other up,
Until the week turns
Into hazy hollow memories.
Saturday is Lotto day.
When he wins, he’ll buy
A huge shed and spend
Each day in there
Making gizmos.
He’ll watch soaps
On a wall-size TV
And still see his
Mates on Fridays.
Clockwork Man sighs …
Wouldn’t that be a fine life?
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