Time & China on My Mind

I am on clock # 2, purchased at the same discount store

Clock # 1 was stylish in a traditional way and I hung it

Above a kitchen still life painting next to the sink

It looked so designer pretty, I kept it in place

Weeks after I discovered it did not keep time

Finally, I put it in a Goodwill sack and installed

The new find, a sassy red frying pan clock with fork

& knife hands from the same discount store

When the second clock stopped working within

A matter of weeks I began to ponder where

To throw blame!

It is my way to analyze before casting aspersions:

·       Both were made in China

·       Both came from the same discount store

·       Both were well designed, pretty to the eye

·       Both stopped working in a matter of weeks

In the spirit of research, I visited the store again and

Looked closer at their clocks-All were made in China!

Deduction: I’ve decided to take the time and trouble

To find my receipt and return that dang clock!

I am resigned to paying more for a clock

Made in the USA or Switzerland

Because no matter how stylish and pretty

A clock is

What good is it, if it does not tell accurate time?

raintreepoet

December 2014