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Weekly Contest #373
I wake expecting pain. For a moment I lie perfectly still, waiting for it to come. I feel the pressure at my back, propped up on the bed. The room is quiet. A white grid ceiling. Fluorescent light. A low hum. Muffled voices. A narrow window white with sky. Anna's coat on an empty chair. I remember the pain. The crushing, throbbing, stabbing, searing pain, unequal but everywhere. The acrid tang in my mouth. The room drifting. And I remember not being able to move. All I feel now is the pressure of the bed against my body. I try my fingers, a...
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