Hook: The clocks, in the midst of liquefaction, have begun taking their tea-time, thus upsetting the space-time continuum.
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The clock in the grand hall of the Lyon train station, in an absurd extravagance, began to drip from its numbers. Time, in an unprecedented surge of freedom, rose to enjoy a hot tea at the bakery table just across the street. The hands, in utter confusion, decided to dance the ballet of minutes during peak hour.
“Time is a gentleman who has decided to take a tea break to recharge. It’s a singular moment for the world when forgotten things catch up to the present and future forecasts slip into the past,” says Alfred Azur, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pataphysics in Paris.
The event horizon dramatically warped when clocks around the world followed the example of the Lyon train station. Wristwatches turned into flasks of whiskey, alarm clocks transformed into miniature tea sets. The hands, amused, are enjoying going around the dials in reverse, making history go back in absurd loops.
“Once upon a time, there will be no more…” exclaimed the train station clock, in an enigmatic cry that still echoes in the ether of the abandoned platform. Time took the time to finish its tea, left a generous tip for the surprised waitress, tipped his bowler hat on his brow, and continues on his way at his own pace, indifferent to the protests of the disjointed pendulums.
And the world? The world waits, passes the time with card games, timeless discussions. No chaos, just a suspended moment, a laughter stifled among the bewildered travelers. A melting clock, a time that drinks tea, what is it if not an absurd pause in the march of humanity? As the famous artist Salvador Dali once said: “What we call reality is a dream shared by all, interrupted only by the solitary madness of the creative genius.”
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