By Allan Roy Andrews
in clock time.
Streams of time
eventually dry up.
Life gives, but
Time takes away.
Clocks truly lack
faces and hands.
Has anyone seen
a clock smile?
Moment by moment
time abandons us.
The six-word essay is often attributed to Ernest Hemingway, who took up the challenge of telling a story in just six words.
The form has been popularized in recent years, largely through the online publication of Smith Magazine http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/ and Narrative Magazine http://www.narrativemagazine.com/.
