My Grandfather’s Clock

My grandfather’s clock

is two inches too tall

to fit in my house

up against the wall.

.

I raised the ceiling

and lowered the floor,

took the hinges off

the dining-room door;

.

puffed and panted

to get it in

and then decided,

it made such a din

.

that I never wound the key,

so there it stands now stranded

at a quarter to three.