We’re all experiencing darker evenings after setting the clocks back an hour last weekend – the inspiration for this Typewriter Rodeo poem:
Fading light
The days grow shorter
as we barrel towards
the end of the year
The sun leaves us wanting
for warmth as it
moves closer to the
Southern hemisphere
To make matters worse
or better
depending who you ask
we manipulate our days
setting back our clocks
Wake earlier, they say
get yourself a bright lamp
Make a wellness plan
that alleviates the gloom
of clocking out
& meeting night
If time is so changeable
a construct of man
How about I change my own zone
a time change for one
Dear employer, please be advised
it’s sanity savings time
my day will begin
around noon your time.
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