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Last Plea<\/h2>\n

I do not know how much time you have\u2014<\/span>
\n<\/span>No more than a few moments,<\/span>
\n<\/span>A few ticks of the second hand,<\/span>
\n<\/span>And it has passed again.<\/span><\/p>\n

Life is lived forward.<\/span>
\n<\/span>We click ourselves into humps,<\/span>
\n<\/span>Choking on time pressure\u2014<\/span>
\n<\/span>But enough fretting.<\/span><\/p>\n

Enough wandering.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Take a deep breath.<\/span>
\n<\/span>We are driven onward,<\/span>
\n<\/span>Measured by lack of time,<\/span>
\n<\/span>Counted and paid by the hour.<\/span><\/p>\n

I say it again and again:<\/span>
\n<\/span>It lasts but a while.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last Plea I do not know how much time you have\u2014 No more than a few moments, A few ticks of the second hand, And it has passed again. 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