I am an expert at wasting time<\/p>\n
give me yours, I will use it all up<\/p>\n
too quickly and too quietly for you to notice<\/p>\n
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I can eat hours, gorge on them,<\/p>\n
become fat on their fullness<\/p>\n
and spit out fleshless bones<\/p>\n
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If you\u2019re watching, you might<\/p>\n
never see me move, but the clock<\/p>\n
will slow in time with my breathing<\/p>\n
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On this park bench where Poe once sat<\/p>\n
with quiet dread occupying each heart beat<\/p>\n
and the length of the space between them<\/p>\n
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You might notice then<\/p>\n
the edges of the day begin to stretch<\/p>\n
like paint round the edges of a taut canvas<\/p>\n
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darkness now dressing each bone<\/p>\n
while the leaves grow once more on the trees<\/p>\n
and yesterday\u2019s starlight falls on the empty seat.<\/p>\n
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