Sunday, January 03, 2016

"Killing Time"


This is a true story. And yes, I really did feel guilty after killing that watch.


Killing Time

© 1986 Brian Hutzell

I had a watch that I wore in my pocket
Served me well until I lost it
Bought another with a calculator
It was broken only three weeks later

Spending time, telling time, killing time
Spending time, telling time, killing time

Got its functions all confused
Didn't know how it wanted to be used
Couldn't stop the hourly chime
Then it slipped into military time

Spending time, telling time, killing time
Spending time, telling time, killing time

How do I work this thing?
My quartz alarm calculator chronograph
How do I work this thing?
It's got a little beep sounds a little like a laugh
Instruction booklet came in the package
Explained nothing in five languages
Got me so frustrated
My only clock and I'd come to hate it

Spending time, telling time, killing time
Spending time, telling time, killing time

Dug into the kitchen closet
Found a tool I thought would solve it
My watch had gotten too annoying
I decided to destroy it

Spending time, telling time, killing time
Spending time, telling time, killing time

How do I hurt this thing?
My quartz alarm calculator chronograph
How am I at murdering?
It's gotta little beep but I'm gonna stop that
Found an ugly pair of pliers
Adjusted them to open wider
Put my watch between its jaws
When I squeezed the alarm went off

Spending time, telling time, killing time
Spending time, telling time, killing time

Couldn't bear that little beeping
Sounded like a little animal screaming
I increased the pressure I was applying
Still I heard the cries of my victim dying
Begging for mercy but I had to kill it
As guilt shot through me like a bullet

Spending time, telling time, killing time
Spending time, telling time, killing time



“Fiet”

© 2002 Brian Hutzell
From A Fistful of Feet


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