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Life of a Clock

December 10, 2014
By Asharita BRONZE, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Other
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Asharita BRONZE, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Other
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Spero Spera; There is hope where there is life.

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A clock, people say,

Has two hands- or three, if you wish to be exact,

Fitted perfectly in the center of the perfect circle.

The hands run,

Rushing, bounding, begging,

Screaming by the second,

Toiling by the hour-

Trapped for eternity inside their boundaries,

Rushing, bounding, begging,

Till time runs to a stop,

And the hands have their release,

Striking down the final hour,

Then no more.

© Joseph S., San Anselmo, CA

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....:) Death it is.

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