Ode of the Epoch

by N. Jane Allio

Pound Pound Pound each foot as it hits the ground ....
Thump Thump Thump the heart recirculates the blood ....
Swoosh Swoosh Swoosh the air bursts of  the lungs ....
Tap Tap Tap so many noises bend to distract ....
Tick Tick Tock goes the clock around a watch ....


And this is the game we play
each day hoping to find our way

through the streets of life
against the talk of time.

Think Think Think those around hear the silent weep ....
Scream Scream Scream we tell our children that it is just a dream ....
Dazed Dazed  Dazed alive but with our eyes glazed ....
Knock Knock Knock we bar the door of the brain ....
Pray Pray Pray to keep the fey of hell away ....

And this is the game we play
merrily about our days

keeping all within the rhyme
benighted until the end obtained.

Tsk Tsk Tsk we say and creativity is led astray ....
Shush Shush Shushed the little ones run a muck ....
Whip Whip Wack as not to keep them off track ....
Flick Flick Fling one of them has caught a gleam ....
Himm Himm Humm the vibration has just begun ....
Zip Zip Zap the whole world heard the crack ....

And this is the game we play
hearts shattered in array

in the name of love we pledge
to never change save in death.

Pluck Pluck Pluck the strings of the heart have opened up ....
Meany Miney Moe I must follow the flow ....
Mimicking Mimicking Mock the burst of light from the top  ....
Flittering Flittering Float its time to laugh at the goat ....
Splittery Splittery Splat watch the pride 'round the back ....

And this is the game we play
for those that found the watery way

down the Nile of the grind
effectuate the epoch of the eye.