The Watchmaker’s Daughter
When the clocks stopped, even for a second, she could feel it in her teeth. The world stuttered imperceptibly to others, but to her it was a scream.
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When the clocks stopped, even for a second, she could feel it in her teeth. The world stuttered imperceptibly to others, but to her it was a scream.
Deep in the overgrown garden behind a half-forgotten cottage, she lived. She carried a wand, a snapped twig bound with ribbon and glitter.
A poem written through the eyes of a six year old child.
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Once there was a girl Who walked alone in space. She's the one in the summer We call old Golden Face. She tiptoed with the stars And sang a song to rain.
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I spy With my little eye Something beginning with..... Love.
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