An unintelligent device
I was thinking about the clock
how he said it was made in Korea
that he couldn’t read
the instructions that came with it
Over time he learned
how to make it work properly
It was a handsome clock
featuring day & time
sunrise & sunset
but what stood out to me
was how he said it wasn’t smart
One day it lay on the couch
in the living room
lifeless & undisturbed
somewhat like a stillborn baby
I remember him distinctly shouting
‘don’t touch it’
It’s just resting he went on to say
I couldn’t muster the strength
to place it back on the wall
And so in the morning
we got it back on the wall
back hanging on the set screw
day & time
sunrise & sunset
back to where it should be
may two thousand twenty-four
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