Cuckoo by Leah Laiben"I think I'm suicidal,"
said the mother to the clock.
A blank face stared back at her
but dare not did it stop.
"Perhaps I'm only frightened,"
she persuaded herself.
But the clock just kept mocking tic-tocking her
from high upon its shelf. 07/30/2005 Posted on 07/30/2005 Copyright © 2024 Leah Laiben
Member Comments on this Poem |
Posted by Olivia Weinkein on 07/30/05 at 07:47 AM creepy. kill the clock. (who needs time anyway) |
Posted by Jo Halliday on 08/08/09 at 02:35 PM Few words, and yet so effective. |
Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 08/02/16 at 02:32 PM Great POTD! Disturbing interface between these two and leaves me haunted. Well done. Loved the "mocking tic-tocking". |
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