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00:00 (IV)

All is gone

I can only see darkness

And my mind's projection of the silouettes of my hands

The grandfather clock is broken

No repairman came knocking on my door

Nor did my house tell me it needed fixing

Soon the dust gathered on the golden bells

And the mahogany fell silent

The silver cogs were equally as inaudiable

The glowing numbers didn't shine anymore

Man, the only creature plagued by time

So accustomed to our sickness

I can still hear, in the back of my mind,

"Tik tok...

Tik tok...

- - -."

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Written by
ashlyn-kriegel
American
Published
Apr 1, 2013
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Part IV in the "Clocks" series

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