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# Past Imperfect
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/past-imperfect-16906168/
- Published: 2022-12-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-12-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: past imperfect future tense present present
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

past imperfect  
future tense  
present present

having passed  
into the past  
future crescent

time is always  
now and then  
are just places

that the second hand  
erases  
erases