Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Time Zone


Let’s say you live in Seattle
(a fine place considering all
the rain). There is a carpenter

in Taipei, half a world away.
It’s nighttime for you and
for him, sunrise and the

beginning of another day.
By hand, he, that industrious
carpenter in Taipei, is nailing

board after board into place.
Some nails bend when driven
in but halfway. He uses the
claw-end of his tool to pry
up the failed attempt, and
begins hammering again

and again. How in hell are
you, an accountant in Seattle,
supposed to get any sleep tonight?

A second look at the alarm clock
on your nightstand reminds you,
2:30 AM, Pacific Standard Time.

Come to think of it, perhaps it was
Mumbai?...2:31.

2:31


Chris Hanch 9-5-17 

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