u/Bitlife_Lover

I stand by the babbling brook.

It looks quite lovely.

When life gives you peace,

You accept it with ease.

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The brook is quite pretty.

It flows very slowly.

I listen as it babbles

And tells me all of it's stories.

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When life gives you peace,

You accept it with ease.

Don't refuse the love

For that's what life needs.

~

I reach down,

My hands brush the water

It feels cool, calming, smooth...

And of that I approve.

~

When life gives you peace,

You accept it with ease.

Don't refuse the love

For that's what life needs.

~

I sniff the air.

It smells quite fair.

Waving in the wind is my hair

Peacefully, as I stand there.

~

When life gives you peace,

You accept it with ease.

Don't refuse the love

For that's what life needs.

~

All around me I can see

Plenty of things that make me feel free.

I listen again, and hear nothing

But that babbling brook bubbling.

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The water is cool.

The air is fair.

There's nothing worrisome.

No reason to despair.

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Yes, all is still currently.

I feel peace, which I accept with ease.

I embrace the peacefulness fully

And just exist as the world spins around me.

~

When life gives you peace,

You accept it with ease.

Don't refuse the love

For that's what life needs.

~

This is the motto.

This is what I say.

And luckily for me

It stays this way.

Hey Slinki, how do you do?

My name is Notebook.

Do you want to go out

To eat with me today?

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Why yes Notebook,

I'd enjoy that quite much.

Where shall we go my dear friend?

You decide, tell me where.

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Oh, dear Slinki,

I don't know about you

But I think we should eat

In this forest, so somber

~

Perfect idea, Notebook!

Why ever not?

Wait...did you hear that?

I heard the leaves rustle.

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Is there something in the bush?

Hey, wait, shush!

I'm listening closely.

I'm listening morosely.

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I heard the leaves rustle, Notebook!

There is danger nearby!

We must get out of here,

You and I.

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Nonsense, Slinki,

Don't be afraid.

Wait...did you hear that?

Was that a tree?

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Yes, I heard it.

It sounded like a tree.

It is cracking. It is falling.

We may need to leave.

~

Well then, Slinki,

Let's go on.

We'll go on down

To the butterfly shop.

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Here we are,

At the butterfly shop.

I think it's safe here.

I hear no noises.

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Look at all the lovely stuff here.

They have lots of pictures.

Oh, and they have free chocolate milk!

How lovely!

~

Wait...did you hear that?

I heard the leaves rustle.

It's like the forest all over again.

There are no leaves here.

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Then what is rustling???

If there's no leaves,

Then... someone is following us,

Who could it be?

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My friend, I believe

We may not want to find out,

So let's leave.

What do you say?

~

Wait...do you hear that?

I'm turning my head.

I'm looking back now.

SLINKI...WHERE DID YOU GO????

"SPOILER ALERT!"

She cried aloud.

"ALERT, ALERT, ALERT!"

She ran all around

All through the town

She chants all the way,

"ALERT, ALERT," today.

"ALERT, ALERT–" "Hey..."

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"No need to shout,"

I say to her.

"Tell me what it's all about."

"Spoiler alert, for me.

A spoiler alert, you see.

A person came and called my name

And spoiled it for me."

"And now you're not carefree?"

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She nods and cries,

"I don't know why anyone tries!"

"There, there, now, take a bow.

You've handled it beautifully.

Because, you see, if it were me, I too would run and scream..."

"SPOILER ALERT!" We say together

As if it were all a dream.

I wake up

Like I do everyday

I have to hurry

There's no time to play

~

I go to brush my teeth

Wait, where's my toothbrush?

It's not here.

In its place is a wreath???

~

I feel it in my bone.

How can this be?

The evidence has shown

It couldn't be me.

~

Oh well. I move on to the next step.

I brush my hair, then take a trek

To the downstairs hall

To grab my backpack off the shelf, so tall.

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Huh. That's weird.

My backpack no longer has

Any zippers or buttons

...And it's grown a beard???

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I feel it in my bone.

How can this be?

The evidence has shown

It couldn't possibly be me.

~

Suddenly I arise

I'm in my bed.

What's going on?

I'm not telling lies.

~

I think nothing of it.

I go to brush my teeth

My toothbrush is here.

There's no wreath.

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That's a good thing, I believe.

But wait...now I can't leave.

I can't leave the bathroom.

What am I to do?

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This isn't how it happened before.

I feel it in my core.

What's the lore?

I hope it's not a bore.

My face is sore.

My shower curtain I tore.

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I feel it in my bone.

How can this be?

The evidence has shown

It c-c-c-an't p-possibly be...me?

~

Suddenly I arise.

I'm in my bed.

What's going on?

I'm not telling lies.

~

I check on my backpack.

It's on the downstairs floor.

There's music playing.

This isn't how it happened before...

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I didn't turn on music.

I just woke up.

I open the fridge.

There's sprite in my cup.

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Sprite?

I didn't put that there.

Something weird is going on.

And I don't want to share...

~

I feel it in my bone.

How can this be?

The evidence has shown

It... COULDN'T... COULDN'T possibly be...ME?

~

Is there a fix?

Of that I'm unsure.

Perhaps it's just a glitch?

A glitch in the matrix?

~

What am I to do?

All these things are off.

Something is happening

Of that I'm sure.

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The question is WHAT???

This isn't how it happened before...

I sit in class

The class is math

"When is it over?" I ask.

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"2 minutes" the teacher explains

Then proceeds to discuss coordinate planes.

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I stare at the clock

I'm in pure shock

How can one class seem so long?

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30 seconds remaining

This is it now.

Soon I can go on.

~

Suddenly, the clock stops!

As I sit in terror,

My stomach flips and flops!

I feel my heartbeat drop.

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Surely I'm imagining, right?

No...what a fright!

The second hand is stuck!

"The clock is stuck!" Someone clucks

And we all panic at this sight

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This is it.

I can't believe it.

Why must it happen so?

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The second that refuses to pass

Happens here, in this class

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Of all the classes it could've been

It chooses math,

Why THEN?!

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I start to cry

Why even try?

There's no point, my friend

~

This terrible second is among us

And will not ever end.

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Please, dear clock, I beg of thee!

Let thy second hand go free!

It'll be great, for you, for me!

Please, let it be!

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Finally, all goes still

Is it...YES! WHAT A THRILL!

The hand has resumed!

And now the bell tolls!

And every student jumps for joy,

Grabs their things, and rolls

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It took forever, that is true

But we survived it, me and you

~

And someday soon, everyone we knew

Will recount the story of that class

Of the second that refused to pass