It Was 1:20 PM Just a Minute Ago

Death can seem to rattle time,
But that’s just since you begin,
Briefly, to pay attention,

And when you pay attention,
You notice clocks can’t agree,
For more than a day, on time.

It’s not death that rattles time.
It’s attentiveness that shows
How deluded counting is.

A weirder question would be,
Why proximity to death
Makes some folks pay attention?

Come on. You’re not escaping.
Humans love to wait too late.