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I flick the lighter on and off nervously. The scratching echolalia is deafening in the stillness. Flick. Hiss. Flick. Hiss. The metal cap feels like the only heat for a great radius in space and time. The cracks in the gravel under my feet hold salvation. Moonlight drowns visible heaven and thinly covers the ground. Wet and silvery, it will freeze my blood. In the far distance, a soft rushing sounds. A glow rises behind a hill in the road, and headlights pop over the summit. My pulse picks up, I tread backwards, thumb extended. Tires slow, crackling. "Where to?"
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Jan 31, 2012
Jan 31, 2012 at 1:43 AM UTC
"Anywhere."
I flick the lighter on and off nervously. The scratching echolalia is deafening in the stillness. Flick. Hiss. Flick. Hiss. The metal cap feels like the only heat for a great radius in space and time. The cracks in the gravel under my feet hold salvation. Moonlight drowns visible heaven and thinly covers the ground. Wet and silvery, it will freeze my blood. In the far distance, a soft rushing sounds. A glow rises behind a hill in the road, and headlights pop over the summit. My pulse picks up, I tread backwards, thumb extended. Tires slow, crackling. "Where to?"
carly-a
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Jan 31, 2012
Jan 31, 2012 at 1:43 AM UTC
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