joeislove's 100-word story for August 10, 2025

joeislove wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on August 10, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

When Time got tired of marching on, he bought a bike. That's the joke. It's a bike with clock faces all over it. The truth is: I just like them; I've always loved clocks of different sizes and shapes. When I bought the bike to commute to my job, my little collection became decoration. But you can't just ride a bike around that has these kind of adornments without getting the inevitable "hey buddy, what's with all the clocks?" And you have to have some kind of canned reply ready, you know? But really, I just like how they look.

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