Lyric Poem · Happiness
Boss of Time
You gave the work your mornings,
your Mondays, and your prime;
now comes the great reversal —
at last, you're boss of time.
So spend it like a spendthrift,
on naps, on trips, on pride;
you've banked a life of golden hours —
go spend them far and wide.
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“Boss of Time” by The QuillOak Editors — quilloak.com/poems/boss-of-time
Quick facts
- Poem
- Boss of Time
- Poet
- The QuillOak Editors
- Length
- 8 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem, Rhyming Poems
- Themes
- Happiness, Life
Craft notes
How this poem works
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- Shape
- 8 lines · 2 quatrains
- Line length
- Lines run 6-9 syllables (median 7). No single length dominates, which is normal once elision and contraction are in play.
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Original QuillOak text. Personal sharing is permitted; other reuse requires permission.
- Author record
- The QuillOak Editorstoday
- Source record
- QuillOak originalBoss of Time, authored for QuillOak by The Quillery
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 f7257a372b0ff5a0…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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