Rihaku’s speedy clocks unwound
Towards the end of the lonely
Night, although no one could agree,
Who caught its cold, whether it was
Short, as Rihaku claimed it was,
Or longer than the average year.
Every university has
Its blithe and lovestruck, sick and charmed,
Lecherous, book-worshipping, or
Simply dumb and dumbstruck students.
Not every university
Has its Rihaku, the mythic,
Monstrous threat to everyone else
Who’s really just a small, old man
Who catches cold like anyone
And whose greatest achievement was
To speed the young before the dawn
Into one another’s arms, just
Because their youth unwound his hours.
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