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Midnight
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Midnight

Poem by Daniel Suter

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Jan 28, 2025
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Ten!
Nine!
Eight!

Everybody joins
in the countdown.
Pulses quicken, eyes aglow
and it seems as
time is thickening
lingering
holding on
a little longer

almost dragging out this last moment.
A whole year with 12 months and 365 days
and yet with its last breath
it’s deciding it wants to stay

pleading

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