two double A batteries

I see that the clock
on the far
wall,
the battery powered clock,
the mid
century thing with wooden
spikes
and a silver disc
at the center has stopped.

it's been three ten for five
hours now.

I got nearly two years out
of those batteries.

a lot of time has passed
since I hung it on the wall
next to the black and white
photo of the flat iron building
in new York city.

enormous changes have occurred.

I pop in two more batteries.

let's see what lies ahead now
as the second hand begins
to sweep forward.