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Submitted to Contest #91
My eyes were swollen, my bones ached, and I felt an unfamiliar turn in my gut. I had not slept for three days, and it was starting to take a toll on my body. I looked around, embarrassed someone would notice, if they would pull me into strings and throw me out of this beautiful lonely place. The books always made me feel better. I noticed the grey gloomy walls of this library seem to camouflage themselves according to my mood. Raking my fingers along with the covers of neatly arranged books, I walked from one shelf to another, stumbl...
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