So it wasn't just a ruse or the makings of disaster
this world's really spinning on its axis, even faster
there's variations in the rotations, and light-speed accelerations,
so I'll spin my way forward, with leap-second laughter
“The shortest day in 2020 was July 19, when the planet completed one spin 1.4602 milliseconds faster than 86,400 seconds.” – from https://www.livescience.com/earth-spinning-faster-negative-leap-second.html