Inverse of Captain Hook

My neighbor—

We shall call him that—

He is a man whom

Time

Is important, of the

Utmost

Importance.

Time and Rhythm:

All that gets him by.

He is the

Inverse of Captain Hook—

Capitan James T. Hook—

Stock trader

Twin of Alice’s Rabbit.

And 9:00:00 A.M.

Is his

Wonderland

(And I don’t say that lightly)

Now, it’s two minutes ‘til

Wonderland opens.

2 minutes!

63 seconds!

29 seconds!

Sir, Yes, sir!

Ah, not a second late!

(Time—

He lives and sleeps by it...

It and the price of a

Pound of Red Delicious)

53 cents, men!

Time, Rhythm, and money, boys!

Tick.

Tock.

Tick.

Tock.

Tick.

The buttons on his coat are

Clocks and

Even his eyes have a

Stopwatch quality.

55 cents, men!

55 cents and

6 minutes,

13 seconds

Into it.

Timed perfectly to a

Man-made system of hours,

His heart is an electric clock.