Time was synchronized
in the Garden of Eden
I think,
as you plural
tell me
it is time
for dismissal.

Universal three pm
and other costs
of the knowledge tree accrue,
(the modern mind
has not been kind
to absolutes,
devouring measly crumbs
as sustenance
for propulsion).
I should throw the clock
across the classroom
smash your watch
make a scene
show you what it means—
what what means?
What does it mean

to discover the universal truths
yet unknown?
Study nature, or history, or regulations
(they are all one
and the same).
Discover values
not created by us
just abstract
what is
already there.

Celebrate structure;
simultaneously realize
its limitations.
(Oh, and walk on water
while you’re at it.)

After that,
you may be dismissed.