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Submitted to Contest #339
Every day starts the same.Perhaps I’m rigid, very routined, or maybe this is normal–it’s hard to tell. It’s difficult to see life when you’re in the aftermath. It’s 6:43am and the sun has broken from the horizon, and it’s keeping your plants warm. I try to water them, I really do, but I forget most days. They live on anyway, resilient as you were—determined as you were. I need to go grocery shopping, but it’s hard when you don’t remind me. I’m down to milk that’s best-by date passed three days ago, but it smells fine, and only the top piece...
Submitted to Contest #334
Dear Cadence, I wasn’t sure when it had started–the ringing. It was like a buzz at first—like flies, maybe? I’m not sure anymore. They asked me if I had any other strange symptoms. I thought to mention the claw marks on the nightstand, but no one would believe it. Hell, I don’t believe it myself. There’s a fortnight more here guarding the castle until I may return home.I do love to see the ocean at night, how the waves reflect the moonlight. Sometimes the waves sound like a song and it helps me sleep just like when you sing to me. How I do m...
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