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Our Time by the Clock
No one finds their way to Hell on their own.
There is always someone willing to take your hand.
Their day arrives in the dark, bringing Catherine the realization that the movements of a clock are irrelevant to Time or the outcome of life.
Catherine knew her father was a killer.
She remembered the name of one of the girls.
She knew what each of them looked like.
He had died when she was young, her grandmother had always told her the truth and in the hours after her funeral her father will show her what he and she are capable of.
Catherine and the young girl have not slept.
They are strangers, no names spoken.
Catherine clings to the cold child and wonders what to pray for.
Time to stop,
or End?
* * *
"Nixon's dark verse will do wonders for popularizing poetry." - Teresa Fowler, Mixed Rhythms and Shady Rhymes
There is always someone willing to take your hand.
Their day arrives in the dark, bringing Catherine the realization that the movements of a clock are irrelevant to Time or the outcome of life.
Catherine knew her father was a killer.
She remembered the name of one of the girls.
She knew what each of them looked like.
He had died when she was young, her grandmother had always told her the truth and in the hours after her funeral her father will show her what he and she are capable of.
Catherine and the young girl have not slept.
They are strangers, no names spoken.
Catherine clings to the cold child and wonders what to pray for.
Time to stop,
or End?
* * *
"Nixon's dark verse will do wonders for popularizing poetry." - Teresa Fowler, Mixed Rhythms and Shady Rhymes
112 pages, Paperback
Published January 22, 2020
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March 12, 2020
A painful and powerful eye opener of the atrocities some people can commit. How silence and secrets can lead to the destruction of so many lives, and span generations. I struggled a bit in the beginning with the point-of-view switches, but it works for the story being told.
August 13, 2021
Fascinating and dark
I didnt know what I was getting into with this book. I thought it was one thing then it quickly became something else. It is most definitely a story and not poetry!
At first I struggled to understand what i was reading but i think its so cleverly written that it challenged my presumptuous reading ego then showed me to be completely wrong.
I will admit that it is rare a book keeps me guessing for as long as this one did but when the pieces fell into place I really became engrossed in the story.
The whole book is a tale of secrets and hidden skeletons in multiple cupboards. It is told as a conversation in parts and recollection in others as the narrator seeks redemption for a lost youth taken by lies.
I gave it 4 stars at first but the lost star was due to the formatting on my kindle, the sentences would end then begin again on a new line...this may have been just my phone and on reflection (as this story will make you reflect) it was so good i felt bad about not given a full 5 stars...so i change the rating :)
I didnt know what I was getting into with this book. I thought it was one thing then it quickly became something else. It is most definitely a story and not poetry!
At first I struggled to understand what i was reading but i think its so cleverly written that it challenged my presumptuous reading ego then showed me to be completely wrong.
I will admit that it is rare a book keeps me guessing for as long as this one did but when the pieces fell into place I really became engrossed in the story.
The whole book is a tale of secrets and hidden skeletons in multiple cupboards. It is told as a conversation in parts and recollection in others as the narrator seeks redemption for a lost youth taken by lies.
I gave it 4 stars at first but the lost star was due to the formatting on my kindle, the sentences would end then begin again on a new line...this may have been just my phone and on reflection (as this story will make you reflect) it was so good i felt bad about not given a full 5 stars...so i change the rating :)
February 5, 2020
Very dark and gritty. 'Our Time by the Clock' isn't written in the usual style and some of the things I thought were errors I assume were deliberate style choices. Once you get into the flow this becomes a real page turner and you won't be able to put it down. Highly recommended.
February 5, 2020
Great read.
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