My Kitchen Clock

We have a kitchen clock that hangs

Way high up on the wall.

I bought it many years ago, 

But where, I can’t recall.

I take it down two times each year

To spring ahead or back,

Then it returns to where it hangs 

To keep us all on track.

Today, the clock stopped working 

So we checked the battery

And were in for quite a shock -

The date said 1993!

My husband had a stash of C’s

But none would do the trick.

A new one from the store, though,

Got the clock to start to tick.

I’d worried that this clock of mine

Was not long for this earth,

But like its battery, I’d say

I got my money’s worth!