Time passes thru its phases,
what is now and what is not
each shown in different ways:
sensations of cold and hot

off season or we play ball
standard or daylight savings
when love is in full measure,
or lost, replaced by cravings

children home or far away
outer peace or bloody war
seven fat cows manifest
followed by seven thin more

when work is preeminent
or on vacation idling…
…anyway, various dichotomies
ad infinitum, ad nauseum

to me, only this matters:
lilacs are blooming
or they’re not