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Falling. I see a blur of crimson; an inferno of rage, and taste salty tears. I see a blur of crimson reflected on the slick glass; the taste of salty tears masking my afflictions.   Reflections on the slick glass of an office building near Queens mask the afflictions. But it’s hard to escape reality. The office building near Queens becomes my prison. It’s hard to escape the reality of my monotonous task. My prison is swarming with ringing phones. The monotony of my task causes me distress. I’m swarmed with ringing phones. But the grief of giving the bad news causes me such distress; it is too much for my soul to bear. The grief of giving the bad news to a mother of six is too much for my soul to bear. Burned, I tell her, shattered. To the mother of six, my words are like a broken record. Burned, I tell her, shattered; there was nothing left to save. My words are like a broken record fed to me by the suffocating bureaucracy: there was nothing left to save. Falling.
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Sep 28, 2016
Sep 28, 2016 at 7:21 PM UTC
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Falling. I see a blur of crimson; an inferno of rage, and taste salty tears. I see a blur of crimson reflected on the slick glass; the taste of salty tears masking my afflictions.   Reflections on the slick glass of an office building near Queens mask the afflictions. But it’s hard to escape reality. The office building near Queens becomes my prison. It’s hard to escape the reality of my monotonous task. My prison is swarming with ringing phones. The monotony of my task causes me distress. I’m swarmed with ringing phones. But the grief of giving the bad news causes me such distress; it is too much for my soul to bear. The grief of giving the bad news to a mother of six is too much for my soul to bear. Burned, I tell her, shattered. To the mother of six, my words are like a broken record. Burned, I tell her, shattered; there was nothing left to save. My words are like a broken record fed to me by the suffocating bureaucracy: there was nothing left to save. Falling.
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Sep 28, 2016
Sep 28, 2016 at 7:21 PM UTC
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