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Time

We do have time
Yet still no time to stand
No time to stare at His creation
No time to contemplate Man’s achievements
Bringing refreshment to the soul.

We do have time –
The child with his calculator and computer
The adolescent his motorbike and car
The housewife her gadgets and junk food
And man – a shorter week by far.
We do have time in abundance
But –
Does the child stand and stare
At the first flush of Spring,
An English meadow or a rushing stream.
Does he know the skylark from the blue-tit
Whilst staring at video games
And the one-armed bandit.

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