Except your clock sometimes runs slowly
and it sometimes runs fast.
At times it runs smoothly
sweet
but at times the gears mesh roughly
ragged.
There are even times when your clock runs backwards
and you have to start over again.
Your clock has no hands
so no one can see how your clock is running.
Except you.
You always know just how your clock is running.
But you can never know
how long it will keep running that way.