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CLOCKS by BURGES JOHNSON

First Line: THE CLOCK I GO TO BED BY IS SO VERY WEE AND SMALL
Last Line: IT HAS THE BIGGEST MINUTES OF 'MOST ANY CLOCK I KNOW.
Subject(s): CHILDREN; CLOCKS; TIME; CHILDHOOD;
The clock I go to bed by is so very wee and small,
The big hand gets around it in almost no time at all;
And after tea, when bedtime is half a nour away,
The little minutes on it are the shortest in the day.

I wish that little bedtime clock was hanging here instead,
And then they 'd use this kitchen clock for sending me to bed.
When I'm waiting for my luncheon, it's so terribully slow;
It has the biggest minutes of 'most any clock I know.



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