A lot of things can happen
in five minutes.
Flips can be switched
actions reversed
decisions rescinded
or reiterated
or forgotten completely – if you’re old
or senile
or
at the very least
Alzheimer’s’ed.

History sometimes relies
on those minute changes
made in five minute increments.
History
and lovers
and doctors
and heroes and villains.

Everyone waits for those five minutes
to recognize
what fate would have of us.
Everyone wonders
how it will end.

The future knows
and so will you
in five
four
three
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