Tell-tale Fairy Tale

Once upon a time, there was time,

and we took our time to find it; whereupon

it was defined by its absence,
decreasing supply -

an absolute need for additional time.

By then we'd made time's value high,

and the value of using it too.

LaoTsu said: To live long, be of no use -

My time contracts; its uses for me
expand. I'll see no end, until

The.

Ravenna Taylor, Heat Waves #11, 2012, watercolor, gouache, color pencil, 8 x 10 inches