gargleblaster: have all your clocks stopped?

~ GennaClaire

alice and wonderland white rabbit

I’m late! I’m late! Her insides screamed,

as she kissed white rabbits hoping for white knights.

But the glass slipper never fit;

fairy godmother never appeared.

So she walks the plank toward midnight,

a punctual crocodile waiting beneath.

Tick tock. Tick tock.

 

Photo credit: StayGoldMedia via Etsy

Gargleblaster #159: Answer the question “Have all your clocks stopped?” in exactly 42 words.

35 thoughts on “gargleblaster: have all your clocks stopped?”

  8. I like the overlay of the biological clock onto the croc from Peter Pan, starting and ending with the theme of transition to maturity. It tied the whole thing up in a neat little package of forgotten fairytale dreams.

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  18. Layers upon layers – this is really incredible work. I’m just blown away by how much you packed in here. Thanks for gargleblasting, Gemma – I loved this.

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