Jason Baldinger: time is dead
time died three weeks ago it went quietly no friends or family by the bedside no obituary no news no soundbyte I heard a reputable source say it had been terminal for a undefined period what killed it is unsure autopsy inconclusive it had been stretched thin since the industrial revolution when people were lined up at the nearest clock told they should punch it that if they did they'd be given value and meaning although that value was never commensurate with the value they previously held seems strange now that time is dead how lost strangers are without it they walk streets enjoying sun confused without structure every second evaporates nameless shuddering without definition trying to establish whether to grieve or put another system in its place time is dead the future is uncertain if only because its past meaning can't be retained time is dead! time is dead! freedom for us! -- First published by Winedrunk Sidewalk
