| In the tenth second of forever
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| I thought of the sea and a white yacht drifting
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| In the ninth second of forever
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| I remembered a warm room where voices played
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| In the eighth second of forever
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| I thought of the life I would not lead
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| In the seventh second of forever
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| I thought of a leaf, a stone, a plastic fragment of a child’s toy
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| In the sixth second of forever
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| I saw your mouth whispering something I could hear
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| In the fifth second of forever
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| I thought of the vermillion deserts of Mars, the jewelled forests of Venus
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| In the fourth second of forever
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| I could remember nothing that I did not love
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| In the third second of forever
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| I thought of rain against a window, I thought of the wind
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| In the second second of forever
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| I thought of a pair of broken shades lying on the tarmac
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| In the first and final second of forever
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| I thought of the long past that had led to now
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| And never…
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| Never…
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| Never… |