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presented for your consideration
deadlines
and time
time is relative
a fleeting thing
non-substantive
so how does one keep time
to keep is to hold
or maintain
something in your possession
it would seem
given the insubstantial nature
of time
that one cannot
with time
being the core component
of a deadline
and time unable to be ‘kept’
the logical deduction
is that a deadline
is therefore unable to be ‘kept’
it would also seem
that it is not fully clear
just what a deadline is
is it a relative point
projected into the future
and given arbitrary importance
is it a connection
between telephones
that has gone quiet
is it a boundary
drawn around a prison
beyond which escapees are shot
is it filament with hook
presented to catch fish
that has lost its bait
when considering
this additional uncertainty
why all the fuss about deadlines
in the pursuit
of things relative
fleeting
ethereal
and uncertain
love is the more glorious
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rob kistner © 2010
