Brass case rests on pine shelf wood
Quercus alba stands where it stood
Ticks measure growth in dormant phase
Time respects the slowest ways
Roots divide in silent count
Each second feeds the underground
No rush to flower no rush to fruit
Patience is the taproot's truth
The pocket watch keeps rhizome time
Slow beats match the root design
Ticks like water through xylem veins
History grows in archive plains
Dust settles on the glass face round
Acer saccharum sleeps underground
Gears turn slow as cambium rings
Each click a season that winter brings
Roots divide in silent count
Each second feeds the underground
No rush to flower no rush to fruit
Patience is the taproot's truth
The pocket watch keeps rhizome time
Slow beats match the root design
Ticks like water through xylem veins
History grows in archive plains
Harmonica breathes like wind through leaves
Pedal steel cries what the root believes
Bass walks deep as taproot goes
Time flows slow where nobody knows
The pocket watch keeps rhizome time
Slow beats match the root design
Ticks like water through xylem veins
History grows in archive plains
Catalog cards track genus species
Watch hands move in slow decrees
Pinaceae cones wait for fire
Seconds pass like sap ascending higher
The pocket watch keeps rhizome time
Slow beats match the root design
Ticks like water through xylem veins
History grows in archive plains
Morning light reads the brass engraving
Taxus baccata outlives the saving
Watch stops ticking roots keep time
Archive breathes in rhythm rhyme
The pocket watch keeps rhizome time
Slow beats match the root design
Ticks like water through xylem veins
History grows in archive plains
Roots remember what the clock marks
Time keeps pace with seeds in dark
Taproot time keeps rhythm deep
Slow design in archive sleep
