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Submitted to Contest #253
I feel like I’m burning. Like a hot flash, but more. Like pain, but like nothing I have ever felt before. My eyes open, I’m sure. There is blood, I think. There is sweat, and smoke, and I can’t see much of anything at all. The thump of my heart is beating in my ears, louder than it should be. I am more conscious of it than I have ever been before. I try to take my first full, intentional breath since consciousness, but I can’t and it hurts, and I’m coughing, and it hurts. Looking down, I see that it is my seat belt that is pressing against m...
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