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Alarm Clock


H                   ow d                       o you k                          now

                  how                          slo                      w to g        o

                                                when your mind is racing

     l              ike a hou  nd af                      ter                     an old friend,

                                                                                    or new e               ne   my?

How                    do you know                                  how to stop.

The clock.

From...

Ticking?  Ticking?  Tic                                     king           ?

Why cant people see, 

that                                            we,

                                                                     are conn      ected?

that                                            we,      

                                                                     are sleep         ing?

               Wake Up

 

 

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Comments (1)

izafoodie
<p>Wow, this is profound. The composition gets the message across by muddling the actual words just so. Absolutely perfect.</p>

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