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Terror in 280 characters

  • Writer: Luella Schmidt
    Luella Schmidt
  • Aug 21, 2021
  • 1 min read

Updated: Feb 19

Dead asleep, doorbell.

Swimming up.

Soulmate on duty, only me.

Dreaming? No, rings again.

Ignore? No, pounding now.

Eyes wide, spine ice cold.

Recognize this scene,

From nightmares.

Wrong house

Town trouble

Anything but this.

Up, to window.

Uniforms. Sorrowful faces.

No.

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