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Submitted to Contest #92
The darkness. It filled every hope with worries. Every smile turned dark. Raindrops became silent in fear of being seen. And the shadows awakened. When I asked my mother why the night was dangerous, she would reply to me with a shake of her head, "There is a reason why children are afraid of the dark. A reason why monsters hide in closets during the day." I'd always wondered why people hid in their homes when the sun began to set. I always wanted to know. It had been a law in our state to not stay past 9:00 pm. The ones who did were never th...
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