Tick-tock goes the clock<div>Back and forth the pendulum rocks</div><div><br /></div><div>Tick-tock, tick-tock</div><div>As it swings, your gaze is locked</div><div><br /></div><div>Tick-tock, tick-tock</div><div>Sleepiness fades your fear and shock<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Tick-tock, tick-tock</div><div>One, two, three, and out you're knocked</div><div><br /></div><div>Tick-tock, tick-tock</div><div> Your will is lost in a state of hock </div><div><br /></div><div>Tick-tock, tick-tock&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /></div><div>You're primed to obey, like an arrow nocked<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Tick-tock, tick-tock<br /></div><div>Now off with your shoes, off with your socks</div><div><br /></div><div><div><div>Tick-tock, tick-tock</div><div>My hold on your mind is solid as rock</div></div><div><br /></div><div></div></div><div>Tick-tock, tick-tock</div><div>You're ever more in my obedient flock</div><div><br /></div><div>Tick-tock, tick-tock<br /></div><div>Wake and forget all, lock, barrel, and stock</div><div><br /></div><div>Tick-tock, tick-tock</div><div>Only to sleep again when I show you the clock</div><div><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />Inspired by and dedicated to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.deviantart.com/tranzeydaze" title="Tranzeydaze">Tranzeydaze</a>. I'm not sure if she still frequents DA. But in 2020, she was the inspiration behind three of my stories that I very much enjoyed writing. So this manip and accompanying rhyme go out to her, with best wishes and warmest regards...and no small hope that they induce her into a deep state of hypnosis, in which she finds herself barefoot, suggestible, and ever so willing to do my bidding.</div>