POETRY
A blackout poem

unquestionably, we marvelled
at mechanical arts:
the accuracy of clockmaker
balancing
wheels and gears in dark casings
fitting
our ritual with crystal timing
by order of economics he
added and subtracted
daylight savings and doomsday clocks
refacing time,
manufacturing pace
forced into retirement
the city horologist
makes clocks post-time
and daylight cogs…