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Time will not be adjusted [to suityour needs] - that's my assumed forecast of less-assured futures

Histories - that slip of shadowedkisses & us [such burden of loveis brief - emptied skies less rare]

My cadaver has a fixed contractin ink [& yours too] - parchmentsare furled close - like a clingfilm

stretch on & as gripped/ Oxygenwill be kept fresh [for three days]& then my watch will turn to rust

[in your rivulet my timepiece rotsto orange - do not drink it up]/ Sitat your gloss of pool & prod fast -

to ferrugo my cogs & pendulums'neath running spring waters - sodecrease my minuted remnants -

[watch parts] sink in Jarvis Brook& fritter more - in no time - at thatconfluence with R Medway's rush

off - via printed tidal timetables - &with a nod to rainclouds - forecastflood - reports read - News at One