To understand
and more -feeling
what life is
within
by prying off
the transparent face
what is sacred or
true
we can hold
hands
while causing them
to cease
counting
measuring deeper-
still
the gears moving
as does the heartbeat
outside the chest
pushed on
by the next,
by the last
place
held
until loose
screws
tell no time
has passed,
the past
is going to come
On the dead man's wrist
the watch stops
telling
a second time.
Image taken October 22 2016 Description; Exhibit in the Karl Gebhardt Horological Collection (Uhrenmuseum Karl Gebhardt), Gewerbemuseum - Nuremberg, Germany. As a utilitarian object, this exhibit is NOT subject to copyright laws. Instead it is subject to Industrial Design Rights; see Industrial Design Right for more information. If this object was ever covered by a design patent, that patent has expired, and thus this image is in the public domain.
