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March 23, 2012
By Eyvind BRONZE, West Allis, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
"Some people say that I suffer from insanity. I don't. I enjoy every second of it."

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The clock keeps ticking, ticking, ticking.
Each tick, a whip, sets my ears ringing.
I close my mind,
Withdraw myself,
From the clocks infernal ticking.
But still I hear it resonate.
I feel my heart quickening.
Why cruel fate?
Such pain to great.
The noise I hate
Keeps ticking, ticking, ticking.

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