Four Chime

I only heard four chimes three times.
Or does that make twelve
15 till the clock warns
But I know it's a liar.
It takes a full minute for it quit with its
ding dong ding dong....
It would only hurt my fingers and your eyes to repeat it.
Still we head its warning.
And then it sings at 12 like a Jay-Bird
Today we had a flood
Yesterday we had two towers
Today we've lost another city.
God Bless America
ding dong ding dong...
that infernal clock dings with a dong of a current event
What's the latest news clock
ding
and then what?
dong
And I didn't realize until it was almost one
That all the clock was saying was
ding dong ding dong...