Runaway Time Poem by Ebenezer Ampadu

What done you to majestic Time, oh hideous creature
That he quivers and flees from you?
Have you put him in shackles as a prisoner?
Or quietly wiped him off the face of the earth as tomato sauce spilled upon your kitchen table?
Answer me!
Did you know you left an indelible spot?

Ding Dong!
Ding Dong!
Ding Dong!

Have you shown him your nature which slowly erupts as Mount Krakatoa?
Or the breath-stealing smoke which emerges from the chimney of your dark summer house?
Answer me!
Did you know your little one too is here?

Ding Dong!
Ding Dong!
Ding Dong!

(Worcester, MA 2018)