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A Second

Story ID:3796
Written by:JANET KESSLER POLUDNIAK (bio, link, contact, other stories)
Organization:JUST ME
Story type:Poem
Location:Cayuga NY USA
Year:2008
Person:For those making choices
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A Second
Copyright 2008, Janet K. Poludniak

I hear the clock across the room
tick, tock, ticking in the gloom--
pendulum swinging to and fro;
the seconds come...and then they go.

A second doesn't seem too long
to choose to do what's right or wrong,
but that's all we have to make a choice
to fall or stand and raise our voice.