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Did you hear the sound? Did you feel it in your bones? Did it crawl inside you and plant seeds? Can you feel the way it slithers on your skin? 

Can you hear your heartbeat? The breaths in your lungs?

Will it wait for you, or will it sneak up on you one night when you're least expecting it? Will you share your apprehension, or do you fear their judgment? 

Do you have the will you think you have?

Will you bow to it or throttle it? Will you taste the blood on your tongue to know that it is real? Will you find shadows to help you pretend you're safe? Will you whimper softly and call for mother? God?

Don't you think I know all about it? Don't you think we saw it coming a mile away? Don't you think the end has already been written?

Do you want to hear more?