Long Division

Earth crosses the start/finish line, 365 days. Mark it.
Sun reaches Empty, pirouettes, shuffles toward 1/2, on toward Full, 3 months, 3 months, 3 months. Mark it, mark it, mark it.
Moon sliver, nothing, sliver, 28 days. Mark it.
Sun returns, 24 hours. Mark it.
Get this pile off my desk, 8 hours. Mark it.
Time for another cigarette, 1 hour. Mark it.
Another round? 30 minutes. Mark it.
The next this, assign your own time. Mark it.
The next that, assign your own time. Mark it.
This little piggy went down to the. Store.

Bills, gifts, bloody walls,
Bells, semesters, lecture halls.
Tick tock tick tock, mark 'em alls.

What about marking nothing?
What's next?
Nothing.
That's when they decide you're crazy.