The Clockmaker’s Daughter
11UNITED STATESPOEM
Sofia
11/15/20251 min read
The clockmaker repaired every clock except the one in his own kitchen.
It remained frozen at 6:42.
His daughter asked why.
“That was the minute you were born,” he said.
She looked around the shop at hundreds of ticking clocks.
For once, she understood why one of them needed to stay still.