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March 15, 2024

Timex [by Mitch Sisskind]

Timex

 

Wristwatches are very sensitive
Like the old Timex that I retired
When I got a new Timex from
Amazon and the old Timex lay
Cast off in a drawer for at least
Five years without the battery
Ever expiring all those years!

I have now felt so bad for the
Old Timex that I have retired
The new Timex at least until
The battery in the steadfast
Old Timex finally runs down
If I should even live that long,
Knock on wood, I am 78!

Oh the thought of the old Timex
Lying in the drawer wondering
What it had done to deserve this
With its tiny battery-powered tick
Ticking away in the total darkness!
I have a grave paid for in Chicago
But I might decide to be cremated!

Posted by on March 15, 2024 at 12:19 PM in Feature, Mitch Sisskind - Correspondent at Large |

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Comments

Bravo. Dichtung UND Wahrheit!

Posted by: David Lehman | March 15, 2024 at 02:14 PM

Danke sehr!

Posted by: mitch sisskind | March 15, 2024 at 04:42 PM

Ain’t it the truth!

Posted by: Fran Morris Rosman | March 23, 2024 at 11:26 AM

The horror of cremation
That's what the Nazis did
Please please don't repeat
Check your Timex
There's much time left
To change your mind

Posted by: Joel Weiner | April 17, 2024 at 12:07 AM

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