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Worldwide grandfather clock delivery service
"An antique grandfather clock is a friend and companion for life."
Grandfather Clocks
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7 Sandringham Road, Widnes
Cheshire WA8 9HD
United Kingdom
tel / fax: +44 (0)151 4249189
e-mail: john@johnshone.co.uk
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The John Shone Collection
A Tradition Of Excellence
Specialist in the buying, selling and renovation of fine antique grandfather clocks for over 30 years
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John's original poems
<< | poems index | clock poem | May 2010 >>EVERY ONE A LOSER(kept their grandfather clocks) (April 2010)Slowly turning,delicately poised,
rumbling softly before the crucial moment.
Now pull the lever hard.
One crisp action,deftly executed is all
that is needed.
Press the button firmly and wait for
the red light.
Whirring,ticking,prevails over the
loud silence as precision instruments
slot gogs into position.
The calm before the storm.
And then,the red light!!
Quickly,turn the direction wheel.
Careful! Too far!!
Reverse! Reverse!!
Steady,steady,now press the plunger.
Press the bloody thing!
Too late!! Too late!!
Missed it by a whisker.
Now we have to start from scratch,
so near and yet so far.
"Anyone got fifty pence please?"
GRANDFATHER CLOCKS IS ME!
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