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Submitted to Contest #313
One Shot I lie in bed, wide awake, staring at the ceiling. Though I am perfectly still I can feel my heart racing, along with my mind. Why can’t I calm down? Why can’t I shut my mind off and just relax? This has been happening for a few weeks now. Although my life is perfectly fine, I feel like it’s spinning out of control. My legs start to shake and my body wants to move so I get out of my king-sized bed and walk across the room to put the light on. I start to jog in place, swinging my arms back and forth across my chest, trying ...
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