• StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zone
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        1 year ago
        old prose from reddit

        I could not sleep, awakened afraid
        Under the covers, I begged, I prayed,
        For dawn, or death, for sleep to come
        But mercy ungranted, I knew I was done.
        For I committed a most awful crime
        One for which we’ve all done time
        Exactly the same or slighty changed,
        Have we all made this same mistake?
        I went to Woolies to buy a snack,
        The cashier smiled, I smiled back
        Items scanned, transaction completed
        She said the words that have me defeated
        Smiles and waves, “Enjoy your coffee and snack!”
        “You too!” I regretfully cried back
        Unthinking, unblinking, mid-step away
        I died there, in Woolies, that very day.