Go in peace. The numbers are red. It is the Hornworm moth that's quiet. I bite her head off like Ozzy. Her wings become still, she falls like Icarus.
Tomorrow can wait.
It has been hurled off the bedside table twice. The second left a small hole in the wall, got that repaired free. Each time, the clock bounced back with only minor scratches. It isn't as distracting as the moth, so I allow it to keep the beat. If you place a candle inside a kettledrum so the flame is approximately four inches from the underside of the animal skin, eventually, it will burn a hole.