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Submitted to Contest #323
CW: Suicide or self harm, Physical violence, gore or abuse, Mental health Darkness is just beginning to weave its spell on the world when I climb out of bed. Gripping the banister, I make the slow trek down to the rear hall. Left foot, right foot, slide hand down the rail. Left foot, right foot, slide hand down the rail. The way a small child would do it.I pause halfway down, listening. Down the hall Marthe snores, and I relax. She worries that I sleep all day only because she assumes I also sleep all night.Thrust upon me by inconvenienced t...
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