The Prague Astronomical Clock.(Poem)

Poetry | August 1, 2003| | Copyright 
 
THE PRAGUE ASTRONOMICAL CLOCK 
 
   Inside, it must resemble a great churning mouth, 
   the three co-axial wheels, all with nearly 400 cogs. 
   Ignore the trinkets and pawns, the puppet apostles 
 
   that march out on the hour, the tiny skeleton 
   striking the chimes. They all are additions, 
   centuries late, to pacify travelers on the Royal Way. 
 
   For six hundred years it has marshaled the stars, 
   the revolutions of the sun and moon, the minuscule 
   placement of zodiacal signs. The maker's intent, 
 
   the chronicles claim, was to "publish" the paths 
   of ...

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