nuclear warlord
they stopped the clock
even though no one called time out
it was as if they were in a simulation
all eyes darting here & there
trying to figure out
what in the world was going on
behind the first door
there were dungeons & dragons
behind the second a violent thunderstorm
when someone chose the third door
that is when the clock stopped
and anyone within in a certain radius
stopped in their tracks
seemingly frozen in time
—for some reason the master creator
incapable of aborting the countdown
july two thousand twenty-four
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Spooky and well written.
Thank you, Cindy