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Submitted to Contest #36
I grew more agitated and frantic with each passing moment. My skin felt as though it was crawling and I wanted to jump off my bed and hurtle myself at the wall, the window, the door. There was a monster within me.You may think me to be mad. I am not mad. Perhaps I have been ill. But the illness only caused my senses to become stronger, more powerful. My hearing in particular became more powerful. But I am not mad! A madman cannot be so calculated, so careful.I do not know what caused me to do what I did. I did not hate the clock. I even love...
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