Possible Clues:

• Emblem or icon
• The Times Square ball, with respect to changing times, e.g
• Token lump by my shoulder's beginning to recede
• Logo, e.g
• Sound of instrument gives sign
• Emblem, sign
• Mark, my son, turned to run, losing time
• $, for one
• Character with a conventional significance
• It's just one thing instead of another