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One flick of the thumb (one second)

It takes one second to breath in,

one second to look down at a headline,

pictures of a flooded high street,

moving on takes one flick of the thumb,

moving on to the next picture,

a stabbed man lying in a blood black pool,

moving on takes no time at all,

just one flick of the thumb.

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It takes one second to lose your grip,

one more second and your drowning,

just one flick of the thumb and gone,

moving on you become a fading memory,

moving on, the headlines forget you,

with one flick of the thumb move on.

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Moving on to a part of this or that,

moving on like a shroud on a bad day,

it takes one second to break,

it takes one second to ask you OK,

just one second before it’s too late,

everyone’s moving on, everyone’s gone.

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©robcullen130313.