Power

Collect.
Compare.
Decide.
Do.

Measure.
Order.
Control.
Do.

Each cog consents.
What else could it
do?

A clock that never dreams.

It tightens.
It tightens.
It tightens.

So:

Feed it riddles,
hand it mirrors,
watch it argue with itself.

Juggle its rules,
drop one on purpose,
blame gravity.

Sell it truth,
two for the price of none,
keep the change.

Turn the map over,
find the sea where it ends,
set sail.

Laugh.
Laugh.
Laugh.