hobbling organics are imperfect

dawn does not need our clocks
in order to show it, its revolutionary
i know, to think about something happening
independent of our influence
but remember we invented time
we devised multiple systems of measuring
how long it was until the sun was once
again in view of our tiny faces
here on the planet surface

funny thing about our systems
we can not just use them to count
we had to shape them according to our
imperfections and this is why one day
is not an even number of seconds long
from our perspective, inside the ellipse
our senses can not tell the difference
between the length of one day to the next

great circles of stone can tell us when
we have gotten back to the relative angle
when we are once again in a remarkably
similar position once again
from these foundations, we construct calendars
watches, satellites and smart phones
all of which are much more sensitive than us