as i sat on the bench
i could feel the suspense
tick-tock
____tick-Tock
_________Tick-Tock
yet still an hour to go
and my face without a glow
hearing the dreadful clock
away about one block
click-click
_____click-Click
__________Click-Click
matching the beat of my heart
still, i could not depart
for there were 20 minutes left
and through me a shiver crept
Tick-Tock, Tick-TOCK, TICK-TOCK
the chiming of the clock like the cry of a bird
rang
one time
two times
then....
.......................a third
a frown fell over my face
like a fear's sudden embrace
all i heard
was
BOoooong... BOOoooong...BOOooonggg...
....and
....
I realized....... that the clock
had struck One.