Grandfather Clock

Grandfather stands in the foyer

Hands perfectly positioned

He stands at dread attention

Precise and orderly always

Never shirking in his task

Grandfather stands in the foyer

Ever present yet forgotten

Stately footsteps never slowing

He stands at dread attention

Voice low and moaning

Silenced only by himself

Grandfather stands in the foyer

We pass our lives beneath his gaze

His servants and his thralls

He stands at dread attention

Void of all humanity

Uncorruptible and unavoidable

Grandfather stands in the foyer

He stands a dread attention.