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Time

It ticks, it merges, It runs, and converges, and spills, It twists, it turns, It dilates, it gyrates, It shrinks, and convulses, and kills. And one day, No matter what we do, It stops… For some with a whimper, For some with a shout… And in spite of what poets and pundits say, On that inevitable day, There's no glory when the ticking stops And time runs out. Author's note: Albert Einstein is reputed to have said: The reason for time is so everything doesn't happen all at once. He may have been right…relatively speaking.

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Date: 5/28/2023 3:26:00 PM
Such a cool poem, Jim! I love the way you’ve rhymed it and I got a kick out of your note…
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Jim Slaughter
Date: 5/29/2023 9:35:00 AM
Thanks, Ilene. Oddly enough I wasn't even aware of how the rhymes were happening until I had finished the thing. I guess my Muse was doing most of the heavy lifting on this one.
Date: 5/27/2023 3:08:00 PM
...nice write....clocks tick to count time in 'twelves'.....a day be as 'two feet'...a year be 0.138 miles......measure means nothing since time spans be infinite in irrational number possibilities......stan
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Date: 5/28/2023 9:18:00 AM
Thanks, stan.

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