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A lot can happen in 60 seconds

February 13, 2022
By MoodyMarshmallow SILVER, Johannesburg, Other
MoodyMarshmallow SILVER, Johannesburg, Other
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Tick,

tick,

tick.


The clock in office reminds me again of what the prime minister had told me:


“A lot can happen in sixty seconds.”


Agreements reached, alliances formed, wars started and ended. 

Our world’s destiny is decided in moments such as these: A marble nudged into an adjacent groove on the infinite board of possibility, its path forever altered…


Beep beep beep!


The sound of my watch rouses me from my thoughts. I peel myself off my chair, pick up my handbag and coat, and head to the office next door.


“Honey, we need to go now,” I tell my husband as I walk into his room.


“Okay, let me just finish this letter.”


***


Drip… 

Drip… 

Drip… 


“Indeed, a lot can happen in sixty seconds.” I think as I wrap my husband’s limp hand around the pistol and let it drop to the floor.


I open my phone, and when the static clears, I speak:


“The prime minister is gone.”


The author's comments:

Tried something really short this time.


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