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We’re both really into clocks, she tells me
He buys her one every anniversary.
They share a mutual fondness for loud things like
domesticated fowl and Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
And with each sweep of the second hand
The chimes roundly remind everyone within earshot
of his affection for her.
But all I keep thinking is this:
Dude, in a couple more years it's going to be deafening.
posted by locus sigilli at 6:18 PM
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When I read this, I remembered the scenes in The Sound and the Fury in which Quentin Compson wakes up, smashes his watch, and later wanders happily around the jewler's store where all of the clocks display different times.
I thought....I thought I was a packrat.
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