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Eight verses in glorification of the devastating benedictions of TIME
TIME needs just a little time,
To dye my black hair grey;
And honor me with spectacles,
And steal my teeth away.
TIME needs just a little time,
To anoint my brow with lines;
And bless me with deep hollow cheeks,
And feel I’m young and fine.
TIME needs just a little time,
To hunchback my straight nose;
And gift me some nice hearing aid,
To save me from life’s woes.
TIME needs just a little time,
To make my joints just ache;
And soothe me with harsh breathlessness,
All night, while I’m awake.
TIME needs just a little time,
To wrinkle up my skin;
And paint my pink nails black or grey,
And age with kith and kin.
TIME needs just a little time,
To take me by the hand;
And dig a home beneath the earth,
In Death’s safe peaceful land.
Krishna gave me all the time,
His name to sing and say;
But I deferred; so TIME just came
And took that time away.
So now, TIME in that little time
Has granted me the boon;
To die and live and die again,
To live and die so soon.
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