• StudSpud The Starchy
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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.