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Thirteen Minutes From Home

Thirteen Minutes From Home

 

I was thirteen minutes from home

On a warm April day

Bumping my way through a crowd

The future a lifetime away

There were cars revving their engines

As they crawled along the street

kids were playing in gardens

And getting under everyone’s feet

 

Just for a second I paused

As I turned into Pandemic Close

As the noise fell away lik...

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Two Minutes To Midnight

so it's two minutes to midnight
two minutes to the final ding-dong
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make sure you fill in your leave form..

so it's two minutes to midnight
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or will many people gas themselves in garden sheds..

so it's two minutes to midnight
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