Triolet

Seconds of time are grains of sand:
I didn’t use them as I should,
make from them something fine or grand.
Seconds of time are grains of sand.
I let them trickle through my hand,
I never really understood
seconds of time are grains of sand.
They’re nearly gone, and gone for good.

David Whippman


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