A Second

so many clocks in the kitchen,

why don’t they all tick-tock in concert

do they not know what a second is,

so many billions of a cesium atom’s oscillations,

so many beats of a hummingbird’s wings,

a fraction of  a sigh, the time for an arrow’s

trajectory to finally fall towards earth,

the time they say it takes to fall
in love, the millions to stay
in love.