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Broken Clock

As I sit here I can hear a broken clock Tick.. Tock... Tick.. Minutes turning into hours Each one faster than the one before The constant motion from both its hands, has started to make me sick. intrusive thoughts begin to creep slithering like a serpent Through my mind The ticking has stopped as Death's whispers tauten round' my neck. The last sound I heard was that broken clock Tick... Tock .. Tick...

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Date: 6/3/2025 12:27:00 AM
Tick, Tock, Yes dear Jenna, how old are you? I'm 46, coz youre seem young. Anyway, you are not stupid, u just don't know what it is or how to do it. I was like u before but I sat in front of my laptop and went to poetrysoup's "Types of Poetry then I started to try it after reading about them, I started with a Couplet or a 2 lines poem, haiku although didn't follow the 5-7-5 syllables, I just did a 3 lines poem n called it haiku, lol I was crazy then I tried Quatrain...
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