89 Seconds to Midnight
The Ticking Doomsday Clock
Tick. Tick. Tick.
The Doomsday Clock marches on
89 seconds to midnight
Our end is nigh
Half the world is freezing
Half the world is burning
The Wheel of Progress has stopped turning
The threat of tariffs looms
As war rages on
On the battlefield
On the internet
At home
The government is a farce
An orangutan pulls the strings
But who pulls his strings?
Watch the shadow puppeteer laugh
At the destruction he has caused
Without even lifting a finger
Thinking his day will come
If we don’t push back
The clock will only tick forward
His day will truly come—
Everyone’s day will.
About the Creator
Stephanie Hoogstad
With a BA in English and MSc in Creative Writing, writing is my life. I have edited and ghost written for years with some published stories and poems of my own.
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Comments (6)
Awesome
Chilling and powerful! The urgency is palpable, the imagery razor-sharp. A ticking time bomb of truth wrapped in poetic brilliance.
Oooooo, so fitting for the times we're in and I love that sense of foreboding you were able to infuse into this!! So smartly done Stephanie!!
Yep - definitely feel this one. Great writing.
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LOVE THIS AND IT IS EXACTLY HOW I FEEL. thank you for sharing your thoughts.