A Man Ready To Leave The Room

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Many wheels turning, boilers burning.

Seven symbols on a backwards ticking clock.

Seven boilers turning, many clocks burning.

Symbols on a backwards ticking wheel.

Ticking backwards. Many ships sinking,

philosophers thinking. Two thousand and

six streetlights with no power. Two Thousand

and six philosophers sinking, many streetlights thinking.

Ships with no power. No power. Many faces blurred,

hallways shrinking. Twenty four chances to make things right.

Twenty four hallways blurred, many chances shrinking. Faces

trying to make things right. Make things right. Many dictators

screaming, doors locking. One man ready to leave the room.

One door screaming, many a man locking. Dictators ready

to leave the room. Leave the room. There is always a backwards

ticking clock, always a streetlight with no power, always

a chance to make things right, always a man ready to leave the room.

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~Dominic Mroszczak