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The carriage clock had no business there, ticking time off so indifferently, as if each second were a chore done.
By Angela Abraham, @daisydescriptionari, April 11, 2023.
The clock was a clown, the sort you'd get in some Stephen King movie, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock... and then, without pause, it slammed into reverse, tock tick, tock tick, tock tick...
By Angela Abraham, @daisydescriptionari, April 13, 2020.