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Zero Hour O'er At Cambridgeshire St Ives

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Poetic Form: Personification
Inspired: 2024 August 22
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LEGEND: 0]: Mister Zero 1]: Number One Mate 0] A clock have I has but one number 1] and that's it 0] just that one 1] and there's no other but one 0] and that's not even the number or is it an odd number 1] what's the number then 0] it's zero 1] that's it 0] like zero hour doomsday it is mind ya 1] a message eh a calamity 0] a calming before the storm I heard of people glowing but usually with a smile they won't smile at 3000 degrees 1] mayhaps a shelter 0] you're barmy mate that's a laugh this clock was a retirement gift 1] O Jolly Good for you 0] it be my end mate 1] here go and get it let me take a good look at that thing where's me specs 0] here you go take a look at it just as I told ya be only that zero there that's it 1] oh you got it all wrong old boy no they call this thing a contemporary clock for us over The Benny Hill days it a bit laugh sort of a send off gift 0] send off gift 1] you don't need numbers anymore old boy no rushing off to work eh just living the good life like me 0] IT'S THAT WHAT IT IS 1] their having quite a bit of laugh back there back at that office there methinks tempts be no issue 0] to their glowing smiles now when I left I saw it there were all glowing the girls were cryin of course methinks some of the guys too 1] because their gonna miss you old boy 0] someday my friends at the office there they'll have their own zero clock as well 1] ... com'on pops 0] where we're going 1] ... we'll walk down to the pub together 0] which one? 1] still with the numbers eh 0] it was me job I was an accountant, I was 1] RETIRED old boy come on the first drinks on me but with all your gibberish and rigamarole methinks you had a headstart on me 0] you are a rare true mate and I'm very happy to call you my dearest friend 1] oh you want to go see the Vicar (Guffaw) com'on we'll have a smooth one eh the drinks are getting cold old boy 0] RETIRED old boy (Guffaw)

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