Clockwork

Clockwork: Spoken Word

By: Hannah Beasley

The smell of rain on the dry earth always made her think of

the way the world works.   

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How it's like clockwork

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And the earth's clockwork helped her brain work

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Like a routine

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Everything at the same time each day

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It was the way

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The world worked

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It reminded her that

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In nature

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One must supplement

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