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Issue # 5 September 2011
"... brevity is the soul of wit ..."
- William Shakespeare

Eric McClure


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Clockwork

Alone under incandescent
lighting, the alchemist forfeits
his hands to craft something worth
this wretched world. The books
begin burning, and all will be lost.
But still, this puppet will blow
breath at least once. Time thins
as he works.