Time

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The seconds

in between the conversation

and the inevitable, the

terrifying reality

Three

people begin to whisper

as the clock reaches closer

hands extending

Two

boys in jerseys glance at phones

so new they haven't been

used once

One

last second between hell

and heaven, so clear is

what is left to do

________

the alarm rings, my last warning

from my guardian, the

death toll of my march

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