BETWEEN THE WARP & WOOF OF TIME

I was strolling nonchalantly down a sidewalk one day,
When I noticed something very strange there.

The people walking near me moved more and more slowly,
Then they stopped with one foot in the air.

I kept right on walking -- no one seemed to see me --
Saw a salesman in a fancy jewelry store;

He held a watch for a patron; I could see that it was stopped,
And I wondered what the deuce this all was for.

Walking past a bank, I resisted temptation --
I'll be darned if I would ever take advantage.

Further down the block, near a digital, stopped clock,
Someone reading while out walking turned a page.

What an awful sight! I saw a shooting in progress;
A pistol slug was hanging in the air.

I reached out to deflect it, and just as I expected,
Woke up home in bed -- never really there.

by D. Edgar Murray