Clock Maker by Michael Lee Johnson

Solo, I am clock maker

born September 22nd,

a Virgo/Libra mix insane,

look at my moving parts, apart yet together,

holes in air, artistic perfection,

mechanical misfits everywhere,

life is a brass lever, a wordsmith, an artist at his craft.

Clock maker, poet tease, and squeeze tweezers.

I am a life looking through microscope,

screen shots, snapshot tools,

mainsprings, swing pendulum, endless hours,

then again, ears open tick then a tock.

Over humor and the last brass bend,

when I hear a hair move its breath,

I know I am the clock waiter,

the clock maker listens-

a tick, then a tock.

Michael Lee Johnson lived ten years in Canada during the Vietnam era:  now known as the Illinois poet, from Itasca, IL.  Today he is a poet, freelance writer, photographer who experiments with poetography (blending poetry with photography), and small business owner in Itasca, Illinois, who has been published in more than 875 small press magazines in 27 countries, he edits 9 poetry sites.  Michael is the author of The Lost American:  "From Exile to Freedom", several chapbooks of poetry, including "From Which Place the Morning Rises" and "Challenge of Night and Day", and "Chicago Poems".  He also has over 71 poetry videos on YouTube.