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Submitted to Contest #321
The world is a blur of black, like someone smeared ink over my eyes. All I hear is the screeching of the train, metal grinding against metal, a sound that claws at the inside of my skull. It’s the kind of noise that makes you feel like you’re stuck in a machine, just another cog spinning toward nowhere. I’m on the subway, wedged between bodies that don’t care I’m here. My eyes are heavy, like they’re fighting to stay shut, but a voice cuts through the haze. “Aye, brother, can you help me out?” My lids flutter open, slow, reluctant. There’s a...
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