tick tick tick tick

wait forever for this tick tick tick tick

legs have fallen asleep tick tick tick tick

perservering under cover of permafrost

nervous and bashful and sick sick sick

trying to stifle a cough tick tick tick tick

buried under the house tick tick tick tick

setting fire to a draft of the flow chart

eating pages of the mission statement

waking up from fitful dreams with

a blood curdling scream

heart rate down to a crawl tick tick tick tick

empty but for one thought tick tick tick tick

the eyes move first and then the mandibles

beginning slowly then quick quick quick

getting closer with each tick

getting closer with each tick

getting closer with each tick

get - ting - close - er - with - each - tick