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A Clock in the Square Lyrics by Adrienne Rich

A Change of World

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This handless clock stares blindly from its tower,
Refusing to acknowledge any hour,
But what can one clock do to stop the game
When others go on striking just the same?
Whatever mite of truth the gesture held,
Time may be silenced but will not be stilled,
Nor we absolved by any one’s withdrawing
From all the restless ways we must be going
And all the rings in which we’re spun and swirled,
Whether around a clockface or a world.
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Adrienne Rich

Adrienne Rich

About “A Clock in the Square” by Adrienne Rich

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"A Clock in the Square" appears on "A Change of World".

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