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Submitted to Contest #337
I’ve been sitting on pause for 3 days. I think that’s about as long as you can go without water. You can go without food for much longer. My stomach pangs beg to differ, but the water. The water is a problem. At least I think it is. I’m getting fuzzy. I’m hot but I can’t sweat. My mouth is dry and my tongue is so big that it’s run out of real estate in my mouth. Like a fury, hot animal that has outgrown its burrow.What the hell is “sitting on pause"? I didn’t know it was a phrase or remote possibility until 6 days ago. 3 days before I ended ...
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