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Staring up at a dark ceiling, little halos of blue light airbrushed onto the paint

Scurrying deeper into the suburbs, clutching her jacket protectively against the hungry eyes of the night

Reading the warnings on the bottle, wondering if the overdose effects are too gruesome

Rolling over to see an unrecognized sleeper

Creeping up the stairs, little burglary noises, knife in hand

Adding another icy hot line of red to the others, curious how deep it takes before the blood will run

Kneeling on the bathroom floor, silently hugging a vomiting, feverish child

Leaping from a quietly opened window, possessions in hand

Screaming overridden by the siren wails, the crackling of flame

Searching frantically for the phone as a pet twitches by an electrical plug

Sliding softly down into the embrace of water, where only fish can breathe

Nodding head, bleary eyes, out of coffee on the freeway, tons of gasoline in the rig

Ringing phone, official robotic sympathy for impossible pain

Closing eyes, blocking out the red eyes of on lights surrounding like rats

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