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Submitted to Contest #20
It followed him wherever he went. The sound of it constantly touching his ears. Like a mosquito on a hot summer night that won’t let you sleep. Except bigger. He knew it wasn’t there. But it hated that he knew, and it followed him. Stepping on his heels when he walked. Snagging the elbow of his sweatshirt, making an invisible itch he had to swat at like a bug bite that would go away as soon as you thought about it. It had been too long since he slept without it’s voice telling him lies and pain that stirred him. Kept him awake and made him s...
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