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Tick Tock...
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Tick Tock... |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA 
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It stopped, still as a gravedigger’s shovel as last words are spoken over a hole to never more. The tick waiting, anticipating the tock....which never came. Time now frozen, waiting for the thaw, the telltale drip that once again;;; it tocked. It ticked again, ominous against the silence of a world without movement, the softness of a breeze flowing through leaves... A bird singing a trilling tune...the honks and beeps, cries and screams, countless bells.. Will time ever start? Suspended, inanimate...without motion.... As a universe sits silent among stars that, one by one, dim and blend with the darkness. Like the self winding watch on a dead man’s wrist....8:42.... A.M. or P.M.?? A tomb’s noise a deafening scream compared to a motionless, soundless Big Ben.... Will the tick ever lose the tock? Hear the silence? Tick...... |
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Kit McCallum
Administrator
Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
This is a powerful piece, Barry. Ominous and haunting. I could feel the suspension, wanting and waiting for the "tick" to resume. I really enjoyed this ... excellent!  Best wishes, /Kit |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Thanx Kit....appreciate the move and the thoughts...Yeah, time...that devil of a tick or tock... |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
sigh |
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QjQ Member Elite
since 2003-04-18
Posts 3756U.S.A. |
very good,, enjoyed the read... Poetry is a vision that portrays ones impressions.QjQ |
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garysgirl 
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Barry, I hope that the deafening silence will go away soon, and you will hear the tock again.......and the tick, too. omething in this one touched my heart.  Heart hugs to you, friend  Ethel |
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Patricia Member Elite
since 2003-04-06
Posts 2160Missouri |
Barry, A felt a real Poe moment here while reading your verse. Awesome write, my friend. What a mind you have. Did I tell you lately how much I admire you?  Patricia |
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