• 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.