Revenge - edit2

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Revenge


You cannot stop a pendulum:
let it bump into your hand
or catch it with your fingertips–

but when you must
let go it swings
again until, potential bled
away, it finds its motion-death.

Not on command; a pendulum
will have the final tock.

edit1;

You cannot stop a pendulum:
let it bump into your hand
or catch it with your fingertips–

but when you must let go it swings
again until, potential bled
away, it finds its motion-death.

Not on command; a pendulum
will have the final say.


original version;

Have you ever noticed that
you cannot stop a pendulum?
Oh, you can let it run into
your hand or even catch and hold
it, pinch it with your fingertips

yet you must finally let go
and it will swing back in again
a tiny bit past center ‘til,
all energy potential spent
on air or bearings, it will halt–

not stopped by you: a pendulum
will always have the final say.