2010 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 27

For today's prompt, take the phrase "Blame the (blank)," replace the blank with a word or phrase, use the new phrase as the title of your poem, and then, write the poem. Some example titles might include: "Blame the rain," "Blame the loud-mouthed jerk in the row behind us," "Blame the ref," etc.

Blame the clock
that can't think of anything to do
but go round and round
or tick, flip, blip forward
and forward

Or to vary even
the round and round

It's its fault we have to go through contortions
saying, 'Not yet. It's gone so fast."
or watch in slow motion

the red light
reflected in the red pool
the silver arc of the tire
cutting an arc in the red pool
the glass shattering so slowly
one could see the pieces
like meteorites
one could count them almost
and how slowly the head nods
forward into it
the glass for a moment a crown
a necklace
a dazzling diamond vest

just one second
blame the clock
we have learned to see so much

it will not slow
nor speed away
but tick
as we wait in the lobby
and look at it

a white door will open
sometime
and
sometime, tick
an answer
will come