Tick-tock, tick-tock, drones the clock above my ear,
Why, oh why do I waste my life just sitting here?

The dreaded sight of an alarm clock that is due to sound in 3 minutes time give a sense of being cheated.
This however, is nothing compared to arriving at work, whereupon, you find that the guy you were expecting (who is a good sort really and you don’t mind spending time with) has been replaced for the day by your boss. Not just any boss but the one who enjoys such things...

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Tick-tock, tick-tock, says the clock above the bed.
Except its tick-tick and tock-tock, just not inside my head.

The ticking of a clock symbolises to me all the things that I hate in life. Time drifting, wasted and unused. If you can hear the clocks ticking it means there is no excitement, your sat in silence waiting for something or someone.

Work, waiting rooms, offices, your grandparent's front room. These are all places where the silence is broken by the tick-tocking...

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