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Submitted to Contest #319
I am the hollow in the night that devours all light. Even the stars avert their gaze when I ride. I befriended the shadows, they dance with the dark, twirling around the moon, suffocating its silver light. My head, caged in an iron mussel, forever tied to my palm. It cackles along with the thunder when I crack my whip, the whip made from the spine of a man. One crack and the storm is mine to command. No lock can keep me out, no gate can hold me back, there's no wall I can't tear down. The hinges will scream, and the rust will bleed. I can ha...
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