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Tic Toc I watch nonchalant arms of the clock Shift and rock Grandfathers hands join-unlock Conducting my living room symphonies Horns and strings mingle in streams Blending with screams Torn from dreams Nothing here's quite as it seems Parading illusions own infantry Unified steps for countless miles Drum major smiles All the while Mr. Chaos with his wiles Pounds balled fist to the ground and the world shakes Soldiers black boots slip and fail Legs become frail march derails From it's tracks and over the hill Organized spectacle dropped by the quakes Sister Order peaks through the clouds Peeling the shroud Eyes the crowd Thunderous voice screams aloud "AT ONCE I DEMAND TO SEE DISCIPLINE!" Pick yourselves up and dust your boots Stand tall recruits Firm salutes Rank- file assemble the troops These logical patterns are systemic Lines her pockets left over notes Sly witty quotes Inked and wrote Folded origami boats Set adrift on the Lyrical Ocean Mr. Chaos from shadows sees Bounds from the trees Dives in sea Swims to bottom- pulls plug free Once calm waters now swirling commotion Sister Order turns back around Spectacle found Scowls a frown All was perfect- safe and sound Til that trickster Chaos came and messed it Removes her sandals- drives ahead soles of feet tread Dry sea bed Picks up the plug-shakes her head As she curses her brother- "THAT MISFIT!!!"
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