Esoteric Engineering Wonders
Esoteric Engineering Wonders Lyrics
It is
Twenty-five point six millimeters wide –
And three point six millimeters tall;
Its heart flutters
Twenty-eight thousand times an hour.
Its flow
Halts –¬¬¬––
––– restarts –––
Repeats –––
Perfectly precisely –
Six-hundred ninety-one thousand two hundred times,
Each Earth spin.
The most microscopic nudge
(a one percent change)
Devastates days.
But that never happens ––––
My miniscule mechanical marvel
Beats 252,460,800 times a year –
And tells me the time.
Twenty-five point six millimeters wide –
And three point six millimeters tall;
Its heart flutters
Twenty-eight thousand times an hour.
Its flow
Halts –¬¬¬––
––– restarts –––
Repeats –––
Perfectly precisely –
Six-hundred ninety-one thousand two hundred times,
Each Earth spin.
The most microscopic nudge
(a one percent change)
Devastates days.
But that never happens ––––
My miniscule mechanical marvel
Beats 252,460,800 times a year –
And tells me the time.
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Genius Annotation
The watch escapement of either a ETA 2892 or a Rolex 3135 is explored in this ekphrasis. 19 lines.
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