Lengths of Time

Uncle Joe wants to send his thoughts on "Time"

Lengths of Time

by Phyllis McGinley

Time is peculiar

And hardly exact.

Though minutes are minutes,

You'll find for a fact

(As the older you get

And the bigger you grow)

That time can

Hurrylikethis

Or p l o d, p l o d, s l o w.

Waiting for your dinner when your hungry?

Down with the sniffles in your bed?

Notice how an hour crawls along and crawls along

Like a snail with his house upon his head.

But when you are starting

A game in the park,

It's morning,

It's noon,

And suddenly dark.

And hours like seconds

Rush blurringly by,

Whoosh!

Like a plane in the sky.