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A coming panic

God here it comes again,

sneaking up on me

like a snake-bastard

just waiting for

my bare, unshaved

ankles to make

their ashen presence

known.

It coils around

my neck and

my eyes pop

out of my head

one at a time.

It's done with-

his arms are

outstretched and

he's climbing the floor

for the gun

his hands still

rest on.

I turn to run down

the stairs like

I'm in the pitch black

field, running from

a monster who died

a long time ago.

What else is there to do

but fall to your knees

and ***** all the

butterflies and

chicken nuggets you can

hold?

That's where I'm left.

I'm getting off my knees,

slowly but surely,

so there's that.

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Written by
ashley-r-prince
American
Published
Sep 6, 2012
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