red light

here's a clock. there's a clock.
arms and face and all the rot.
glaring from the wall.

who's a face? that's a face.
two dots and a curve disgraced.
painted golden dolls.

where's the rhyme? is this the time?
the whole world in a pepper pot.
stewed. steaming. steeled.

weather died. frozen? fried?
and all the one-horned rhinos cried.
two tears. plus glycerine.

where is home? high tea? high noon?
cradled by a helmet swoon.
six of clock and stopped.

car. parked? car. sparked?
horns waved and caked the dark.
if they hadn't we'd have walked.