In My Spare Time, I Waste Time | Doug Holder

With no time to spare,
I run my fingers
through the wisps
of my remaining hair.


I live
a mural of cafe,
caffeine-misted
day dreams.


Thoughts that trickle
like a slow-moving
late summer stream.
A suspension of time.

Until I hear
the rude assertion
of a clicking clock's
chime.