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Submitted to Contest #324
It was dark, and my ears were ringing. I moved slowly, very slowly, a lot slower than I needed to move. I couldn’t breathe. When I gasped, water rushed down my throat and nostrils and choked me. I kicked and thrashed—and woke up sinking. I leapt out of the water, which only rose to my knees. Under bright skies, I keeled over and dry heaved as my reflection stared back at me. I was naked, with my flabby, hairy, brown folds exposed. Yet there was no need for privacy here. Nobody was around. Fields of clouds patched up the sky, and the ligh...
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