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Submitted to Contest #304
Life Sentence by Jaricia Griess“Life sentence,” the last words I heard from the judge. Now I am a just a number. Trapped in a silent space. Walls as clear as glass, yet they might as well be bars of steel. The days, or was it weeks, seemed endlessly brutal. Tremors, raw pain as drugs left my system. Curled up on the hard floor. No one checked on me. No one spoke to me. No one cared if I lived or died. I dreamt over and over of the threat, the fight, the blood. I squeezed the trigger. Threat gone, not gone. Replaced.When I was finally free of...
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