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"Before Digital" (by Joe DiMino)

Before digital
I remember the bony
Tripping of seconds-
This huge, brass monstrosity
Glaring at me
From the mantle;
A lion I think…
Reminding me of hunger
And why only clocks
Can perch and wait.