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Tick-tock

August 5, 2013
By Xandy_Day PLATINUM, Lexington, Kentucky
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Favorite Quote:
"I'm living in a world of goldfish."

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Tick-tock, tick-tock,
I wait for the call;
Tick-tock, tick-tock,
Where’s the end of it all?
I lay here awake,
Listening to the clock;
My sobs shake me,
Tick-tock, tick-tock.
Another hour passes,
I need to sleep,
But I listen for the phone,
Trying not to weep.

© Mitrah A., Austin, TX

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