The clock that goes from 12 to 12 only once

What time is it? 
Time to smoke the point.

When purpose burns,
it's usually a low temp fire
loaded with buyer's remorse.

That's because conflagrations
are temporary instantiations

throwing dancing light and heat
into eyes that will not look away. 

As the ashes of half a day crisp
each coal dusts itself off
and finds the palm of the wind

to ride into a new life
as a once and future star.