16) A Minute Passed/Past

 Hesitantly, reluctantly, Helen slipped out of a slim, tight-waisted leotard and stood naked in the moonlight before me. Somewhere a clock chimed three. An owl hooted in the nearby copse. No wind stirred the casement window as she stood in the pale, translucent light on the Persian carpet .A minute passed – then another. Then another minute. Then  -  another minute passed. Then another minute passed and another A further minute passed quickly followed by another minute when suddenly  -a different minute passed followed by another different minute and another and yet another further different minute. A minute passed. I glanced at my watch. It was a minute past. This was it! A minute passed. After a moment, another  minute passed. I waited a minute, while a minute passed quickly past and then a minute past which seemed to last an hour, but was only a minute, - passed. 

That was “A Minute Passed/Past” by John Dull-Boring. You can hear episode nine of “A Minute Passed/Past” tomorrow night at a minute past.

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