To Just Be

For we are human beings

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why would
the clock tick
when I ain’t
looking at it
why would
the clock tick
when I ain’t
listening to it
its ticking sound
it’s energy wastage
is it not?
sure it is purely mechanical
but what about us
we are human beings
we have mechanicalness
but we aren’t destined to be
at mercy of mechanicalness
the mechanical suffering
— the robotic thought-doings —
we must be able to be
just like that clock
the…