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Amruta Mone Vidya Vijay Bal Mandir, Madhya Pradesh · India Poetry · August 2026
Sitting on my bed
I looked at the clock.
I stared at the clock.

Tick tock tick.

A hand moved
and stopped.

I stared at the clock.

Oh, it broke.

A minute later,
the second hand appeared.

Oh.
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About the Author Amruta Mone Vidya Vijay Bal Mandir, Madhya Pradesh · India

Amruta Mone is a writer from Vidya Vijay Bal Mandir in Madhya Pradesh, India. Her work draws on companionship, grief, and the ordinary moments that quietly become lasting memories.

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